Acts Three and Four, Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)
Artist
Utagawa Kuninaga
(died Japan, 1829)
Date1810s
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/8 x 6 15/16 in. (23.2 x 17.6 cm)
Mat Overall: 20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm)
Mat Overall: 20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineGift of Mrs. James W. Lyon
Terms
- figurative
- streetscape
- river
- Woodblock print
Object number1971.128.3
DescriptionScene outside the stone walls of a palace. The figure at center is committing suicide (seppuku). A woman stands on the left watching and a man holding a sword (his second) stands on the right. In the background another man stands on the bank of a stream reacting to what is happening.On View
Not on view
Utagawa Hiroshige
early 1840s