Print shows three actors, two possibly represent royal envoys who are to deliver the message that Enya Hangan (Asano Naganori) is to committ seppuku, ritual suicide, the third man is possibly Hangan brandishing a short sword or dagger with which to disembowl himself.Restricted access; material extremely fragile; please use online digital image.Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.From the series: Chūshingura jūichimai tsuzuki : The eleven acts of Chūshingura.Format: horizontal Chuban Nishikie.Actor Mitate (correspondence).Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress)
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Print shows the Rōnin samurai dressed as police to test the loyalty of the merchant Gihei. A scene f...
Print shows actors portraying a woman and two men in an episode depicting the ritual suicide of one ...
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Print, possibly from act seven of the Chūshingura, shows a dinner party with several geishas and fou...
Print shows the Rōnin samurai dressed as police to test the loyalty of the merchant Gihei. A scene f...
Print shows actors portraying a woman and two men in an episode depicting the ritual suicide of one ...
Print shows, at the entrance to a foot-bridge, a man (Kampei) with sword raised over his head, poise...
Print shows an old man (possibly Yuranosuke), a woman (probably Lady Kawayo), and a young man (possi...
Print shows three men outside a shed, one is carrying a large knife, another is carrying a lance and...
Print shows a woman on the left, Kaoyo, wife of Enya (Asano Naganori), who has received a love lette...
Print shows three Rōnin samurai attacking the entrance to Moronō's (Kira Yoshinaka) home.Restricted ...
Print shows three actors, two with swords and one who appears to be an evil spirit.Title and other d...
Print for a scene from Act 5 of the Chūshingura which shows the robber Sadakurō holding a sword at t...
Print shows three people (Lady Kaoyo, Moronō, and either Wakasanosuke or Enya Hangan) next to a larg...
Print shows a masked man, one of the Rōnin, with a sword attacking Osono, the estranged wife of Gihe...
Print shows a confrontation at the rear gate outside the shogun's palace between Sagisaka Bannai and...
Print shows a woman, Osai, owner of a brothel, in a palanquin with porters at the front and back. Sh...
Print shows a confrontation between a court official and a lesser official with his wife standing ne...
Print, possibly from act seven of the Chūshingura, shows a dinner party with several geishas and fou...
Print shows the Rōnin samurai dressed as police to test the loyalty of the merchant Gihei. A scene f...
Print shows actors portraying a woman and two men in an episode depicting the ritual suicide of one ...