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Two Heroes from Suikoden
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Date Sold	Sunday, January 15, 2006

Title	Two Heroes from Suikoden
	hikifuda - large
Artist	Unknown
Description	A decorative print for advertisement or public notice pamphlet (hikifuda). The specific advertisement can be inserted on the large empty area of the design. On this advertisement by dyer Yuizawa Motozo, the two tattooed heros, Kyumonryu (Right: So nicknamed because of the nine dragon tattoos.) fights against Rochishin (Left: famous for his Herculean strength and the flower patterned tattoo) in the popular Chinese action story, "Suikoden"(Shuihu zhuan). Read more about hikifuda in an article written by Peter Ujlaki and published in Daruma magazine # 26. You find the article in our forum section by following the link below.
Dated	1907.
Publisher	Hirasawa shouten.
Medium/Technique	Lithograph.
Impression	Excellent - very good.
Colors	Excellent - very good.
Condition	Good ...paper torning, lightly soiled and creased, left margin corners creased, two small tears on the right margin.
Width Item	20.0 inches = 50.8 cm
Height Item	14.8 inches = 37.6 cm

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