Act VI, Chūshingura
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Act VI, Chūshingura
Classmark: ART 090/1/6
Creator(s): Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)
Date(s): 1842-1847
Size and medium: woodcut print
Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/qr17y8md
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/383435
Collection group(s): Special Collections Art
Description
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' containing Okaru, and the tea-house proprietor. In background the straw-thatched roofs of cottages, and a willow tree overhanging the stream.
Additional description
Print mounted with hinges on an acidic card backing with window mat.
Physical characteristics
Technique: woodcut
Medium: print
Support: paper
Object: width 257mm height 183mm
Access and usage
Reproduction
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