Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 72242

Act 3 Kamakura Jidaikan, Bloodshed

Artist / 作者
Keisai Eisen渓斎英泉
Date / 年代
1805-1848
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録
1200 × 799 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者
黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

Eisen Act 3 Kamakura Jidaikan, Bloodshed (161-1-3, 161-5-1) Honzo awaits Moronao, receiving a present and asks for his lordOs mediation. This is effective, and Moronao announces his intent to submit to Wakasanosuke, lessening his murderous intent. Then he strikes out at the passerby Enya Hokan, and as he was hideously insulted, Hokan is finally cut by Moronao, and is supported by Kakogawa Honzo. HokanOs fellow samurai, Hayano Kanpei secretly meets Okaru outside the gates, and shamed that he wasnOt present for his lordOs important event, Kanpei decides to commit hara-kiri. He is stopped by Okaru. The print shows Kanpei and Okaru at the edge of the moat outside the gates. The two are attacked…

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