Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵)
Publisher Echizen-ya Heisaburô
c. 1833-1835
This
series is based on a performance of the kabuki play Kanadehon
Chûshingura. The text in the right
lower corner of each print reads 越前屋平三郎板 (Echizen-ya Heisaburô printing). The series is not listed in Kuniyoshi
by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961), and the
prints are each about 7 by 10 inches (18 by 25 centimeters), a size known as chûban. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for contributing
this series. |
Act: Act 5 (五段目) Scene: Matsumoto Kôshirô V as
Ono Sadakurô robbing Yoichibei |
A later printing of the above design with red color hand-applied some time after the printing |
Act: Act 6 (六段目) Scene: Onoe Kikugorô III as
Hayano Kanpei |
A later printing of the above design with red color hand-applied some time after the printing |
Act: Act 7 (七段目), a late
printing Scene: |
Act: Act 8 (八段目), a late
printing Scene: On the bridal journey, Konami and her mother Tonase are resting under a tree with |
Act: Act 9 (九段目), a late
printing Scene: |
Act: Act 10 (十段目), a late
printing Scene: Amakawakaya Gihei in his shop with his wife |
Act: Act 11, first scene (十一段目上) Scene: The ronin
in the snow surrounding Moronao, who has been
dragged from the charcoal-shed |
A later printing of the
above design with red color hand-applied some time
after the printing |
Act: Act 11, final scene (十一段目下) Scene: |
A later printing of the
above design with red color hand-applied some time
after the printing |
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