Catalog record · 目録番号 1276
The Prologue, from a series of prints illustrating the Kabuki play Chushingura performed at the Ichimura Theatre
Catalog note / 解説
Known in English as The Treasury of Loyal Retainers or The Vendetta of the 47 Masterless Samurai, this famous 11-act play is based on a true incident of 1703 in which the faithful retainers of the Lord of Ako beheaded a senior lord in revenge for the dishonour he inflicted on their master. Due to censorship laws, the names of the characters were changed and the play was re-set in the fourteenth century. This print shows the precincts of the Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura where the evil Lord Ko no Morono Kamakura where the evil Lord Ko no Morono ( in black) abuses a junior colleague at his feet. Mornono lusts after Lady Kaoyo (right), who is the wife of the mild-tempered Lord Enya Hangan ( in y…
Image record / 画像情報
VAM · 1854 · vam
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