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- Utagawa Toyokuni I
1769-1825
born: Edo (present-day Tokyo), Japan ; died: Edo (present-day Tokyo), Japan ; active: Japan
- Yon daime (Act 4), circa 1790, Edo period (1600-1868)
- Ukie Chūshingura (Chushingura Perspective Pictures)
- color woodcut
- Image Dimensions Height/Width: 201 x 310 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width: 7 7/8 x 12 3/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions: 229 x 351 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions: 9 x 13 13/16 in - William Bridges Thayer Memorial
- Not on display
- 1928.7613
- Utagawa Toyokuni I
- Open page with bookmarkable url
- Description
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Perspective print of act four, the seppuku scene. Home of Enyo Hangan. Hangan at center preparing himself for seppuku. To his left, Ishido Umamogō and Yakushiji Jirozaemono. Ishida has letter. Two senior samurai of Hangan's household are at his right, Ono Kudayu and Hara Goemon.