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Tonase and Konami Appear before Oboshi's wife, Act Nine from Chushingura

Tonase and Konami Appear before Oboshi's wife, Act Nine from Chushingura

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Kitagawa Utamaro

Tonase and Konami appear before Oishi. Tonase and Konami, upon arriving at the home of Rikiya, are spurned by Oishi, mother of Rikiya and wife of Yuranosuke. She will not allow Konami to marry her son, because the girl's father, Honzo, stooped to bribing Moronao to favor his master Wakasanosuke and prevented Hangan from killing Moronao when he had the chance.
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
(Japanese, 1754 - 1806)
Title
Tonase and Konami Appear before Oboshi's wife, Act Nine from Chushingura
Date
ca. 1798
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
374 x 245 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.3225
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

By 1925, purchased in Japan by Frank Lloyd Wright; ca. 1926, acquired by The Bank of Wisconsin; 1928, sold to Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 9 January 1980, bequeathed by John H. Van Vleck to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Collia-Suzuki, Gina. "The Complete Woodblock Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro: a Descriptive Catalogue." Weston-super-Mare: Nezu Press, 2009. p. 50, cat. no. 20.9

  • Splendors of Edo: Japanese Prints, 1750-1930: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 8/7/1999–10/10/1999
  • Chushingura, Storehouse of Loyal Retainers: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 6/1/1991–8/11/1991
  • Calm Lives, Exuberant Pleasures : Outstanding Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Van Vleck Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 3/31/1984–4/15/1984

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