Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 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 record / 画像記録
- 788 × 1024 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Library of Congress
- Published by / 公開者
- 青木ソラ
- Rights / 権利
- No known restrictions on publication
- Attribution / 表記
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
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.
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