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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1906,1220,0.390
Description: Colour woodblock print, oban. The scene in front of the 'torii' gateway of the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura from the 'Prologue' (Daijo) of the play 'Kanadehon Chushingura' by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shoraku and Namiki Senryu. From the right, Enya's wife Kaoyo Gozen tries to hold back the daimyo Momonoi Wakasanosuke as he lurches forward, about to draw his sword and attack; Lord Enya Hangan also tries to stop him while the Lord of Musashi, Ko no Moronao, laughing, calmly walks off. In the background we see the open umbrella that shades the shogun's representative Ashikaga Tadayoshi as he and other daimyo make their procession away from the shrine. The first design, called 'The Prologue (Daijo) from the series 'Chushingura, the complete twelve acts, (Chushingura junidan zukushi).
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代歌川豊国; Published by: Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八
Cultures/periods: Kyowa Era
Production date: 1802 (circa)
Production place: Published in: Edo (historic)
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
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Bibliographic references: Binyon 1916 / A Catalogue of Japanese & Chinese Woodcuts Preserved in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (11)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Enya Hangan 塩冶判官; Representation of: Lady Kaoyo 顔世; Representation of: Momoi Wakasanosuke 桃井若狭之助; Representation of: Ko no Moronao 高師直; Associated with: Takeda Izumo II 二代目竹田出雲; Associated with: Miyoshi Shoraku 三好松絡; Associated with: Namiki Senryu 並木千柳; Representation of: Ashikaga Tadayoshi 足利直義
Associated titles: Associated Title: Kanadehon Chushingura (play); Associated Title: Daijo (act)
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Arthur Morrison
Acquisition date: 1906
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1906,1220,0.390

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