Biographies of the Faithful Samurai: Ōtaka Gengo Tadao 忠義の侍列伝：大高源吾忠雄

Biographies of the Faithful Samurai: Ōtaka Gengo Tadao 忠義の侍列伝：大高源吾忠雄 by Utagawa Kunisada ca. 1864 in Ivory

Utagawa Kunisada was the most commercially successful woodblock artist of the 19th century—at his peak, more prints were sold under his name than any other artist in Japan. This piece comes from his celebrated series depicting the 47 Ronin, the true story of a group of samurai who waited years to avenge their master's death before taking their own lives—a story so embedded in Japanese culture that it has been retold in every medium for three centuries. Ōtaka Gengo Tadao was one of the lesser-known among the 47, which makes Kunisada's choice to portray him individually a quiet act of historical preservation.

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