"Oishi Se'emon 大石瀬右衛門 / Gishi shijushichi zu 義士四十七図"
by Ogata Gekko
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- British Museum
- Image courtesy of
- British Museum
Description
Ōishi Se'emon sits cross-legged in formal dress on a tatami-matted interior, calmly writing at a low black lacquer table while a second, smaller figure in a hooded blue robe kneels bent forward before him. The palette is muted — soft greens, blues, and grey — with a bare gnarled tree branch rendered in ink-wash sketched loosely against a blank ground behind the seated figure. Vertical text columns run down the right margin; from the series "Gishi shijushichi zu," a woodblock print by Ogata Gekko.
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"Oishi Se'emon 大石瀬右衛門 / Gishi shijushichi zu 義士四十七図" was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕).
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