Catalog record · 目録番号 53462

Act five [of the Kanadehon Chūshingura]

Artist / 作者: Katsushika Hokusai葛飾北斎
Date / 年代: 1804-1812
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / loc
Digital image / 画像: 788 × 1024 px
Published by / 公開者: 青木ソラ

Catalog note / 解説

Print shows Yoichibei, an old man, returning home after selling his daughter, Okaru, to a brothel to raise money so that his son-in-law, Kampei, can redeem himself. Yochibei is being robbed and murdered by Sadakurō. Kampei, out hunting, is seen in the background asking a traveler for a fire to light the wick of his musket. Scene from act five of the play Chūshingura or revenge of the 47 Rōnin.

Image record / 画像情報

LOC · [between 1804 and 1812] · loc

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