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Subject:Request help reading caligraphy on Japanese Woodblock
Posted By: Roger Thu, Jun 06, 2019 IP: 2601:281:c202:b68a:9

Greetings! I would greatly appreciate any help in translating the Japanese script on this woodblock print. Would also be interested in any other information you might have on the artist. Thank you!







Subject:Re: Request help reading caligraphy on Japanese Woodblock
Posted By: I.Nagy Thu, Jun 06, 2019

Title,
假名手本忠臣蔵 二段目
Kanadehon Chushingura Nidan-me
Kana Practice Book Treasury of Loyal Retainers
Act .2.
Signature,
錦朝樓 芳虎画 - Kinchōrō Yoshitora-ga - Picture of Kinchōrō Yoshitora
Publisher's mark,
江戸 本泉市 - Edo Izumiya Ichibei
Censors' marks,
木良 村松・Kira ・ Muramatsu (Used between 1847-52)

Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎 
Active from about 1850 to about 1880.

With regards,
I.Nagy


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