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- Museum number
- 1906,1220,0.758
- Title
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Object: Go-danme 五段目 (Act V)
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Series: Chushingura 忠臣蔵 (The Loyal Retainers)
- Description
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Colour woodblock print. Scene from Act V of Chushingura, the robber Sadakuro holding an umbrella and threatening to kill Ichibei, who has sold his daughter Okaru (lady-in-waiting to Kaoyo and beloved of Hayano Kanpei) as a geisha to a brothel, in order to raise funds to support the vendetta of the Loyal Retainers.
- Production date
- 1830s (mid)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- In this act, which takes places on a dark and rainy night, Sadakuro kills Ichibei and robs him of the money, but is soon shot and killed by Hayano Kanpei, who had intended to shoot a boar running through the woods. Kanpei finds the bodies of Sadakuro and his father-in-law Ichibei, and takes the money to deliver for the vendetta.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Chushingura
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1906,1220,0.758
