Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 20765
The Treasury of Loyal Retainers Act 5
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Kunisada歌川国貞
- Date / 年代
- 1845-1848
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 481 × 322 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 森川ミドリ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Catalog note / 解説
Chüshingura was a popular resource for Kabuki plays because of its themes of honor, loyalty and revenge. This famous tale of forty-seven rönin (masterless samurai) was based on a true historical incident. In 1701, the leader of a group of forty-seven samurai was forced to commit seppuku (suicide) for assaulting Kira, a high court official who insulted him. The rönin avenged their leader in 1702 by killing Kira and then committing suicide. In this depiction of a scene in Act 5 of Chüshingura, the robber Sadakurö approaches the old peasant Yoichibei as he prepares to kill him. (from Daring Moves Exhibition. 8/1/06-)
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