Miscellaneous Chûshingura
prints
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In
1702, Lord Asano of Akô was provoked by Kira Kozukenosuke Yoshinaka into drawing his sword in the shogun’s
palace, for which he was forced to take his own life, and his estate was
confiscated. Forty-seven of Lord
Asano’s retainers, who were now rônin
(samurai without masters), planned,
and carried out a successful attack on Kira’s palace. Kira’s head was cut off with the same
dagger Lord Asano used to commit seppuku. (The term “hara-kiri”, although more common in English than “seppuku”, is considered in |
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Series:
The Storytellers’ Chûshingura Robinson:
Not listed Title:
Act 8 of the Chûshingura with a verse by storyteller Magosaburô (馬士三郎) Description: Format: Date:
c. 1831-1832 Publisher:
No seal |
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Series:
The Storytellers’ Chûshingura Robinson:
Not listed Title:
Act 9 of the Chûshingura with a verse by storyteller Sanshôtei Karaku (三笑亭可楽) Description: Format: Date:
c. 1831-1832 Publisher:
No seal |
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Series: Untitled ôban
series Robinson: Not listed Date: Publisher: Actor: Role: In Yoichibei’s
home, Konami kneeling with Rikiya standing before a screen in Act II |
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Series: Robinson: Date: Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei Actor: Role: |
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Series: The print is
inscribed “ro” (ろ) which indicates number two in hiragana order Date: Publisher: Actor: Roles: Ôboshi Rikiya (大星力弥, right), Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助, standing
center) and an unidentified actor as Shikamatsu Kanroku Yukishige (far left) |
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Series: Biographies
of the Heroines of the Chûshingura (忠臣蔵烈女傳) Description: The mother of Takashige
(Takebayashi Sadahichi
Takashige no haha,
left) and the wife of Enya Hangan (Enya Takasada no shitsu Kaoyo-gozen, right) Date: 1847-1848
(censors Hama and Kinugasa) Size: Ôban, the sheet is about 10 by 14 inches
(25 by 36 centimeters) Publisher: Yamato-ya Kyûbei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). CLICK HERE
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