Chushingura, Act VI

Artist Utagawa Hiroshige (born Edo, Japan, 1797; died Edo, Japan, 1858)

Dateearly 1840s

MediumWoodblock print

DimensionsSheet Overall: 9 7/8 x 14 1/2 in. (25.1 x 36.8 cm)

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineGift of Al and Betsy Buck in memory of Alfred Eliab Buck and Ellen Baker Buck

Object number2006.19.3

DescriptionA figure on a bridge at left holding a musket and straw basket. From the right, two figures carrying a litter are approaching across the bridge. They are followed by another figure holding a fan. The description of this scene from Act VI is: Kampei, with musket on shoulder, returning home, passes Okaru on a bridge over a stream as she is being taken away in a kago to the tea-house in Kyoto, followed by the tea-house proprietor looking very pleased with his new employee. tomo-ye (bamboo) border

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