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Chushingura, Act XII, First Episode
Chushingura, Act XII, First Episode
Chushingura, Act XII, First Episode

Chushingura, Act XII, First Episode

Artist (born Edo, Japan, 1798 ; died Japan, 1861)
Date1854
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsSheet Overall: 9 x 13 3/4 in. (22.9 x 34.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineGift of Al and Betsy Buck in memory of Alfred Eliab Buck and Ellen Baker Buck
Object number2006.19.7
DescriptionThis image illustrates the subject of Act XII, Yuronasuke and the ronin laying the head of Moronao on their lord's tomb. At back right is a stone tomb with a man in a black kimono standing in front of it. The landscape is snowy. Along the bottom edge of the print the heads and backs of a line of figures in black is just visible. "Dog-tooth" border, margins trimmed away.
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