Japanese Print "Act seven [of the Kanadehon Chūshingura]." by Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese Print "Act seven [of the Kanadehon Chūshingura]." by Katsushika Hokusai, 葛飾北斎 (Katsushika Hokusai)

Artist:Katsushika Hokusai

Title:Act seven [of the Kanadehon Chūshingura].

Date:[between 1804 and 1812]

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Source:Library of Congress
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Print shows Yuranosuke reading a long letter without noticing that Okaru, Kampei's lover, seated on a railing above, and Kudayū, one of Moronō's retainers, hiding under the veranda, surreptitiously read the letter. Scene from act seven of the play Chūshingura or revenge of the 47 Rōnin.

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