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Act IX, Chūshingura
Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)
1842-1847
Act IX in Chūshingura play: Tonasé preparing to take her daughter's life is arrested by hearing Honzo's pipe outside the gate of Yuranosukè's house.
Act X, Chūshingura
Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)
1842-1847
Act X in Chūshingura play: Gihei, on his knees, being threatened by a patrol of ronin; behind him is the large basket containing Yuranosukè.
Act XI, First Episode, Chūshingura
Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)
1842-1847
Act XI, First Episode, in Chūshingura play: The attack on Moronao's castle; snow scene under a full moon. Ohawashi Bungo attacking the main door with his huge mallet, while behind others are effectin...
Act XI, Second Episode, Chūshingura
Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)
1842-1847
Act XI, Second Episode, in Chūshingura play: The ronin, headed by Yuranosukè and Riyika, climbing up the snow-clad slope leading to their lord's tomb at Sengajuki Temple. A priest squatting at the e...
Act I, Sugawara
1820-1867
Sugawara no. 1: Scene at the Palace of Shishiden, Kyoto. Tokihira, seated at the top of a flight of steps, receiving the Chinese Ambassador, who prostrates himself before him; on Tokihira's right is s...
Act II, Sugawara
1820-1867
Sugawara no. 2: (Two episodes appear to be illustrated in this scene.) Michizane's house in Kyoto, by the shores of a lake, before he became Chancellor. He is here shown in his capacity of tutor teach...
Act III, Sugawara
1820-1867
Sugawara no. 3: Sakura-maru introducing Michizane's adopted daughter, accompanied by Minazuru-hime, to Tokyo Shinno, younger brother of the Emperor Daigo, who is seated in his travelling wagon.
Act IV, Sugawara
1820-1867
Sugawara no. 4: Michizane going into exile, to the grief of his aged mother and his wife; at the foot of the steps kneels Terukuni, a faithful retainer.
Act V, Sugawara
1820-1867
Sugawara no. 5: Scene at the house of Shiratuyu, a farmer and faithful servant to Michizane. The three brothers, Matsuo, Sakura-maru, and Umeo, with their respective wives, have come to their father's...
Act VI, Sugawara
1820-1867
Sugawara no. 6: Tokihira, a furious figure in white robes, standing on his dismantled chariot, casts a spell over Umeo and Sakura-maru, who have broken and trampled the shafts and the covering of the ...
Act VII, Sugawara
1820-1867
Sugawara no. 7: The most famous act in the whole drama and the one which is often given under the title of 'Matsu' (The Pine Tree), Matsuo being the hero of it, or 'Terakoya' (The School-house), from ...
Act VIII, Sugawara
1820-1867
Sugawara no. 8: Michizane is here shown in exile in the island of Kiushu riding on a black ox and reading to his driver. The two figures behind fighting on the seashore cannot be identified. Tokihira ...