Act Five, Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)

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 number2006.19.2

DescriptionA man stands under a large pine tree in a mountainous landscape looking at something he holds in his hand. This scene from Act V is described as: By a huge solitary pine tree stands the robber Sadakuro, counting the money he has just stolen from Yoichibei, whose hat and sandals lie on the ground beside him, and whose body he has thrown to the bottom of the ravine on the left. Sky indicating nightfall, but no rain. While the landscape element in this scene is almost identical with that in the same act of the Senichi set, the general treatment in showing only Sadakuro is unusual. tomo-ye (bamboo) border

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