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Kanadehon chushingura, Act 9 from the series a Copy for Imitation

Kanadehon chushingura, Act 9 from the series a Copy for Imitation

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Keisai Eisen

Honzo provokes Oishi into attacking him He enters and insults Oishi, who attacks him but misses. Her son Rikiya joins the fray, and when he plunges at Honza with a lance, the latter guides it into his own breast and dies. As he expires he admits the faults of his actions, and begs that Konami marry Rikiya. He also produces a plan of Moronao's castle which he presents to the just-arrived Yuranosuke.
Artist
Keisai Eisen
(Japanese, 1790 - 1848)
Title
Kanadehon chushingura, Act 9 from the series a Copy for Imitation
Date
1805-1848
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
9 1/16 x 14 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of John C. Hawley
Accession No.
54.3.19
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

1954, gifted by John C. Hawley (Madison, WI/Delray Beach, FL) to the University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Chushingura, Storehouse of Loyal Retainers: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 6/1/1991–8/11/1991

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