House of Loyalty (Chusingura Daijo)--12 scenes
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(born Edo, Japan, 1797; died Edo, Japan, 1858)
Date1850
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsOverall: 10 x 14 1/2 in. (25.4 x 36.8 cm)
Mat Overall: 15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm)
Mat Overall: 15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineGift of Mrs. James W. Lyon
Terms
- figurative
- landscape
- Woodblock print
Object number1971.131.1 D
DescriptionSamurai standing on a road with a paper lantern sitting behind him. The gate of a walled enclosure is visible on the road behindhim. He stands next to a body of water (river?) with a bridge spanning it in the background. Decorative border.On View
Not on view
