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Kanadehon Chushingura Act five: P.3199-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Kanadehon Chushingura Act five
E-kyodai Chushingura
Sibling pictures of the Chushingura

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa

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Description

Colour print from woodblocks. Oban. 1830s. Signed: Kochoro Kunisada ga. Publisher's seal: Kikakudo (Sanoya Kihei). Censor's seal: kiwame.
From the series E-kyodai Chushingura (Sibling pictures of the Chushingura) in which scenes from the Kabuki play, Kanadehon Chushingura (Model for Kana Calligraphy: Treasury of the Forty Seven Loyal Retainers) are compared to women engaged in everyday life. In the background of this print is the 'Yamazaki highway scene' (Yamazaki kaido) from Act five which takes place during a rainstorm. The robber Ono Sadakuro murders The old farmer Yoichibei, having arranged to sell his daughter Okaru to a Kyoto brothel in order to raise money for the impoverished Kampei to jion the ronin, is returning home with a purse full of gold when he is set upon by the robber Ono Sadakuro, who kills him and takes the money. The woman in the foreground, like Sadakuro, wears a black costume and carries an umbrella. Her purse is prominently shown.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Unknown (1999) by Unknown

School or Style

Japanese
Ukiyo-e

Components of the work

Sheet Height 372 mm Width 251 mm

Techniques used in production

Colour printing
Woodblock

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.3199-R
Primary reference Number: 96028
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 September 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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