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ART 090

1735-1873

Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Two sets depicting Kabuki plays: 'Chushingura' by Utagawa Hiroshige and 'The Sugawara Tragedy' by Utagawa Sadahide. Also a singular print: 'View of a Dramatic Perfor...

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ART 090/1

1842-1847

A series of twelve smaller-size prints by Utagawa Hiroshige (also known as Ando Hiroshige or Ichiryūsai) illustrating the eleven-act Chūshingura play, Accompanying label from exhibition states that ...

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ART 090/2

1820-1867

A series of 10 full-size prints illustrating the play 'Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami', based on the life of Sugawara Michizane. Also known as 'The Secret of Sugawara's Calligraphy'.

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ART 090/3

1770-1790

Japanese woodblock print. Japanese title is 'San shibai kabuki kyogen no zu'. From the series 'New Perpsective Pictures' ('Shinpan uki-e'). Depicts the interior of a theatre with a full view of the...

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ART 090/1/1

1842-1847

Act I in Chūshingura play: Lady Kawoyo, summoned before the council of nobles at the Hachiman Temple, makes her obeisance at the foot of the steps at the top of which they are seated; before her is t...

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ART 090/1/2

1842-1847

Act II in Chūshingura play: Love scene between Konami and Rikiya, her mother listening from behind a screen.

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ART 090/1/3

1842-1847

Act III in Chūshingura play: An unusual treatment of this scene. Okaru, escorted by one of Yenya's servants with a lantern, whom she is dismissing, arrives at the bridge over the moat, carrying a let...

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ART 090/1/4

1842-1847

Act IV in Chūshingura play: Yuranosuké leaving Ako Castle after his lord's seppuku. Almost a reproduction of the same scene in the Arita-ya set, except that the moat is not shown.

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ART 090/1/5

1842-1847

Act V in Chūshingura play: Sadakuro robbing Yoichibei of his money; scene in the mountains, with a great pine tree in the foreground. Dark blue sky changing to black at top indicating nightfall, but ...

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ART 090/1/6

1842-1847

Act VI in Chūshingura play: Kampei, with gun on shoulder, stands on a small plank bridge over a stream, gazing abstractedly at the landscape, while from the further side approaches the 'kago' contain...

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ART 090/1/7

1842-1847

Act VII in Chūshingura play: Yuranosukè, blindfolded, coming down the steps from the veranda of the tea-house, after the tea-house girls; overhead a full moon.

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ART 090/1/8

1842-1847

Act VIII in Chūshingura play: Tonasé and Konami resting under the shade of a large tree overlooking the seashore, and admiring the fine view of Fuji.

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ART 090/1/9

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.

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ART 090/1/10

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.

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ART 090/1/11

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...

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ART 090/1/12

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...

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ART 090/2/1

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...

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ART 090/2/2

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...

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ART 090/2/3

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.

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ART 090/2/4

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.

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ART 090/2/5

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...

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ART 090/2/6

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 ...

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ART 090/2/7

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 ...

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ART 090/2/8

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 ...