- Titles Memorial Portrait of Tokuda Magodayū Shigemori, from the series Fourty-Seven Loyal Retainers (Proper)@「義士四拾七之内」 「徳田孫太夫重盛」 (Proper)@Forty-seven Faithful Samurai, Tokuda Magottai Shigemori (Former title)@Gishi Shijushichi Nin no uchi Tokuda Magottai Shigemori (Former title)
- Artist Utagawa Yoshitora, Japanese, active 1840 - 1880
- Medium ink and color on paper
- Dimensions 14 5/8 x 10 in. (37.1 x 25.4 cm)
- Credit Line Gift of the Utagawa-ha Monjin-kai, 1994.142.74
- Work Type woodblock print
- Classification Prints
- Signature Recto, printed, left: Ichimōsai / Yoshitora writes ( 一猛斎 / 芳虎写, Ichimōsai / Yoshitora sha) Recto, seal, below signature:Ichimōsai (一猛斎)
- Marks Recto, printed, right: Hojūsai / Matsutsuki (宝寿斎 / 松月) Recto, red seal, below Hojūsai Matsutsuki's signature: Matsutsuki (松月) Recto, seals of censors, upper right: Yoshimura, Muramatsu (吉村、村松) Recto, seal of publisher, lower left: Edo / Hon / Izumi ichi (江戸 / 本 / 泉市)
- Inscription Recto, printed in red cartouche, top right: Forty-seven Loyal Retainers (義士四拾七之内, Gishi Yonjūnana no uchi) Recto, printed, left of red cartouche: Memorial Portrait of Tokuda Magodayū Shigemori / died at the age of 55 (徳田孫太夫重盛像 / 行年五十五歳, Tokuda Magodayū Shigemori zō / Kōnen Gojūgo sai) Recto, printed, above figure: 真流剣法 / 臻佳境 / 武備精[?] / 千歳伝 / 塁々忠墳 / 華岳裏 / 如今猶覚 / 懦夫眠 / 内山高基題