| Maker(s): | Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
| | Culture: | Japanese (1786-1864)
| | Title: | Daiju [Act 10], from the series Chuyu gishin roku [Record of the Loyal Retainers]
| | Date Made: | ca. 1850
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Color woodblock print (woodcut) on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Mount: 14 in x 18 in; 35.6 cm x 45.7 cm; Sheet: 9 15/16 in x 14 3/16 in; 25.2 cm x 36 cm; Image: 9 1/16 in x 13 13/16 in; 23 cm x 35.1 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Chuyu gishin roku daiju]; SIGNATURE: recto, ctr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Kunisada sha Toyokuni hitsu]; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Eikyudo shin zuri]; SEAL: recto, upp. ctr. (black ink): [Japanese character, Yoshimura]; SEAL: recto, upp. ctr. (black ink): [Japanese character, Muramatsu]
| | Accession Number: | MH 1949.36.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Purchase with the Nancy Everett Dwight Fund
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A vertical kabuki scene: a party of samurai, all dressed in black and red outfits with swords, goes through a red gate and enters the grounds of a residence; some of the samurai carry a norimono ("vehicle"); two samurai to the right raise their swords to attack a central figure dressed in grey and red kimono, bare feet; a white stonehouse with a "ama" mark in the background; to the right, a man in blue kimono bears a kid on his back and witnesses the scene.
Tags:
Ukiyo-e; samurai; kabuki; swords; architecture Link to share this object record:
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