Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: Daijo 大序 (The Prologue) / Mitate Chochingura 見立挑灯蔵 (Parody of the Chushingura in Lanterns)
Date: 1848 (circa)
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Source:
British Museum
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Description:
Woodblock print, oban tate-e. A woman holding up a paper samurai helmet out of reach of a child, who holds onto her robes and reaches towards her. A courtier's hat with a paulownia crest is on the floor; a lantern showing the figure of Kira Yoshinaka in the upper right corner.
