The Fifty-three Post-stations of the Chûshingura
(Chûshingura gojûsan tsuji, 忠臣蔵五十三次)
Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke
c. 1851
The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. |
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Post-station: Description: Ôboshi Rikiya conversing with
O-Iri, daughter of Uramatsu
Rihei Robinson: S72.1 |
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Post-stations: Ôtsu (大津) and Kusatsu (草津) Description: Yase Chindayû in traveling
dress and Hara Goemon tying his sock-ribbon Robinson: S72.2 |
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Post-stations: Ishibe (右部) and Midzukuchi (水口) Description: Ôboshi Seizaemon kneeling
before Ôwashi Bungo, who is holding holds a branch
of cherry blossoms Robinson: S72.3 |
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Post-stations: Tsuchiyama (土山) and Sakanoshita (坂ノ下) Description: Miura Shiroyemon addressing Satô Yomoshichi who is on one knee with a basket and a sickle
beside him Robinson: S72.4 |
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Post-stations: Shôno (庄野) and Ishiyakushi (右薬師) Description: Oribe Yasahei and O-Sono, daughter of
Yahei Robinson: S72.6 |
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Post-stations: Description: Yada Goroemon with a loaded pack on his back, and Senzaki Yagorô seated with
carpenter’s tools Robinson: S72.7 |
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Post-stations: Fuchû (府中) and Ejiri (江尻) Description: Hayano Kanpei raising his komusô hat to
the courtesan Karumo and burning incense Robinson: S72.8 |
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Post-stations: Description: Yazama Jûtarô holding a black kimono with his wife O-Riye, daughter of Koga Yaemon Robinson: S72.9 |
“Robinson” refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University
Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately
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