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Shōkō no Ba (The Offering of Incense)
  • Utagawa Hiroshige
    1797-1858
    born: Edo (present-day Tokyo), Japan ; died: Edo (present-day Tokyo), Japan ; active: Japan
  • Shōkō no Ba (The Offering of Incense), 1843-1847, Edo period (1600-1868)
  • Chūshingura (Story of Forty-Seven Rōnin)
  • color woodcut
  • Image Dimensions Height/Width: 151 x 219 mm
    Image Dimensions Height/Width: 5 15/16 x 8 5/8 in
    Sheet/Paper Dimensions: 184 x 240 mm
    Sheet/Paper Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 9 7/16 in
  • William Bridges Thayer Memorial
  • Not on display
  • 1928.7437
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At shrine of Enya Hangan, Yuranosuke (center right) orders the head or Moronao to be placed in shrine. Pines and seascape with boats. Kneeling monk at bottom right corner. Act four?