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Japanese prints
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...
Chūshingura, Hiroshige
Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)
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 ...
Sugawara, Sadahide
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'.
View of a Dramatic Performance at the Three Theatres
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...
Act I, Chūshingura
Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)
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...
Act II, Chūshingura
Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)
1842-1847
Act II in Chūshingura play: Love scene between Konami and Rikiya, her mother listening from behind a screen.
Act III, Chūshingura
Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)
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...
Act IV, Chūshingura
Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)
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.
Act V, Chūshingura
Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)
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 ...
Act VI, Chūshingura
Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)
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...
Act VII, Chūshingura
Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)
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.
Act VIII, Chūshingura
Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)
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.