Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 64613

First scene

Artist / 作者: Katsukawa Shunshō勝川春章
Date / 年代: 1785
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / loc
Digital record / 画像記録: 806 × 1024 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Library of Congress
Published by / 公開者: 白石カナ
Rights / 権利: No known restrictions on publication
Attribution / 表記: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

Catalog note / 解説

Print shows a confrontation between a court official and a lesser official with his wife standing nearby, following an offense by the court official; this sets the stage, in later acts, for the lesser official's ritual suicide and the revenge of the 47 rōnin (samurai who revenge their master's death by killing the court official).

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