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.

	Post-station: Kyoto (京) Description: Ôboshi Rikiya (大星力弥) conversing with O-Iri, daughter of Uramatsu Rihei (浦松利兵衛娘おいり) Robinson: S72.1
	Post-stations: Ôtsu (大津) and Kusatsu (草津) Description: Yase Chindayû (八瀬玖大夫) in traveling dress and Hara Goemon (原郷右工門) tying his sock-ribbon Robinson: S72.2
	Post-stations: Ishibe (右部) and Midzukuchi (水口) Description: Ôboshi Seizaemon (大星清左衛門) kneeling before Ôwashi Bungo (大鷲文吾), who is holding holds a branch of cherry blossoms Robinson: S72.3
	Post-stations: Tsuchiyama (土山) and Sakanoshita (坂ノ下) Description: Miura Shiroyemon (三浦四朗右衛門) addressing Satô Yomoshichi (佐藤与茂七) who is on one knee with a basket and a sickle beside him Robinson: S72.4
	Post-stations: Shôno (庄野) and Ishiyakushi (右薬師) Description: Oribe Yasahei (織部弥三兵衛) and O-Sono, daughter of Yahei (弥兵衛娘おその) Robinson: S72.6
	Post-stations: Hamamatsu (浜松) and Mitsuke (見附) Description: Yada Goroemon (矢田五郎右衛門) with a loaded pack on his back, and Senzaki Yagorô (千崎弥五郎) seated with carpenter’s tools Robinson: S72.7
	Post-stations: Fuchû (府中) and Ejiri (江尻) Description: Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平) raising his komusô hat to the courtesan Karumo (傾誠苅藻) and burning incense Robinson: S72.8
	Post-stations: Fujisawa (藤沢) and Totsuka (戸塚) Description: Yazama Jûtarô (矢間重太郎) holding a black kimono with his wife O-Riye, daughter of Koga Yaemon (甲賀弥右工門娘おり江) 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 published supplement.

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