Miscellaneous Chûshingura
prints
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:
Mirror of the Loyal Courage of the Faithful Retainers (Chûshin giyû kagami,
忠臣義勇鑑) Robinson:
206 Date: 11th
month of 1852 Publisher:
Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô Actor:
Nakamura Kanemon IV Role: Takebayashi Sadashichi Takashige (武林貞七隆重) |
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Series: Mirror
of the Loyal Courage of the Faithful Retainers (Chûshin giyû kagami,
忠臣義勇鑑) Robinson:
206 Date: 11th
month of 1852 Publisher:
Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô Actor: Role: Otaka Gengo Tadao
(大鷹伝吾忠雄) |
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Series: Mirror
of the Loyal Courage of the Faithful Retainers (Chûshin giyû kagami,
忠臣義勇鑑) Robinson:
206 Date: 11th
month of 1852 Publisher:
Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô Actor: Ichimura
Uzaemon XII Role: Seta Masanojo (潮田政之丞高教) |
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Series:
Pictures of the Loyal Retainers (義土銘々傳) Number: 3
(㊂) Robinson:
Not listed Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵) Inset: Senzaki Yagorô Noriyasu (千崎矢五郎則休) Date: 12th
month of 1857 Publisher:
Ogawa Hansuke |
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Series:
Pictures of the Loyal Retainers (義土銘々傳) Number: 5
(㊄) Robinson: Not
listed Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵) Inset:
Kataoka Dengoemon Takafusa
(片岡傳五右衛門高房) Date: 12th
month of 1857 Publisher:
Ogawa Hansuke |
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Series:
Pictures of the Loyal Retainers (義土銘々傳) Number: 7
(㊆) Robinson:
Not listed Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵) Inset: Hayami Sôzaemon Mitsutaka (早水総左衛門満尭) Date: 12th
month of 1857 Publisher:
Ogawa Hansuke |
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Series: Robinson: Date: c.
1850-1 Publisher:
Tanba-ya Hanjirô Actor: Role: Ôboshi Yuranosuke |
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Series: Untitled Format: kakemono-e (a vertical diptych
approximately 28 by 10 inches or 72 by 25 centimeters) Description: Ôboshi Yuranosuke Yoshio seated on a stool Publisher:
Ebi-ya Rinnosuke Date:
1843-1846 Robinson: S95c (not listed) |
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Series: Untitled Format: kakemono-e (a vertical diptych
approximately 28 by 10 inches or 72 by 25 centimeters) Description: Yoshida Chûzaemon Kanesuke seated on a stool Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke Date:
1843-1846 Robinson: S95c (not listed) I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
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 numbered seven within a circle (㊆) Date: Publisher:
Idzutsu-ya Shôkichi Actor: Role: Ôboshi Yuranosuke (left) and Moronao (right) |
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Series:
The print is inscribed “ro” (ろ) which indicates number two in hiragana order Date: Publisher: Actor: Roles: Ôboshi Rikiya Yoshikane (right), Ôboshi Yuranosuke Yoshio (standing center) and Shikamatsu Kanroku Yukishige (far left) |
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Series: Date:
1849-1852 (censors Publisher: Roles: Ono
no Sadakurô robbing Yoichibei
in Act 5 |
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Text: Kana
copybook of the Chusingura, Act 10 (仮名手本忠臣蔵, 十段目) Play: Kanadehon Chushingura
Date: Theater: Publisher: |
“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).
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