Act Five, Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)
Artist
Utagawa Kuninaga
(died Japan, 1829)
Date1810s
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsOverall: 9 x 6 3/4 in. (22.9 x 17.1 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
- landscape
- Woodblock print
Object number1971.128.4
DescriptionThe image shows a young man who has knocked an old man over in the road and stabbed him with an arrow. Two umbrellas and a crushed lamp lay beside the old man. The scene is set at night and in the rain.On View
Not on view
Utagawa Hiroshige
early 1840s