Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro
Title: Act five.
Date: [between 1799 and 1801]
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Description:
Print for a scene from Act 5 of the Chūshingura which shows the robber Sadakurō holding a sword at the throat of Yoichibei, an elderly man, as he robs him and then kills him. In the background, Kampei, holding a rifle, shoots at a wild boar, but kills Sadakurō instead.
