Chûshingura
(忠臣蔵)
1849
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This
series of prints illustrates pairs of characters in a performance of the kabuki play Kanadehon Chûshingura at the Nakamura Theater in the 7th
month of 1849. The actors are:
The series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). A later simplified edition has dog tooth borders and no publisher’s seals. The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. I am grateful to Ward Pieters for assisting with this series. |
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Subtitle: Prologue (序幕) Description: Governor Ko Moronao (高師直, in black) and
Momonoi Wakanosuke (桃之井若狭之助, in yellow) Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this later printing of the
above design. |
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Subtitle: Act 2 (二段目) Description: Ôboshi Rikiya (大星力彌) and Konami (小なみ, daughter of Honzô, fiancée of Rikiya) Publisher: Ebisu-ya Shôshichi |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this simplified, and later,
state of the above design. |
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Subtitle: Act 3 (三段目) Description: Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵, right) and
Enya Hangan (塩冶判官, left) Publisher: No seal |
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Subtitle: Act 4 (四段目) Description: Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) and his son Ôboshi Rikiya (大星力弥) Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this simplified, and later,
state of the above design. |
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Subtitle: Act 5 (五段目) Description: Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎) robbing Yoichibei (与一兵衛) Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi |
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Another state of the above print |
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Yet another state without a publisher’s seal |
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Subtitle: Act 7 (七段目) Description: Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右ェ門) and Okaru (おかる) Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi |
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Subtitle: Act 9 (九段目) Description: Konami (小なみ) and her
mother Tonase (となせ) Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi |
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