Untitled series of Chûshingura chûban

1849-1852

This untitled series of prints illustrates characters in the kabuki play Kanadehon Chûshingura. The series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The images are each about 7 by 10 inches (18 by 25 centimeters), a size known as chûban. They each bear the seals of the censors Hama and Magome, without a publisher’s seal. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for his contributions to this series.

Act: Prologue

Scene: Actors as Ko no Moronaô, the Imperial envoy Momonoi Waka-no-suke and Lady Kaoyo-gozen at the Hachiman Shrine

Act: 2

Scene:

Act: 4

Scene: Ôboshi Yuranosuke outside the castle

Act: 5

Scene: Ono no Sadakurô robbing Yoichibei

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