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Ōboshi Rikiya
Ōboshi Rikiya
Ōboshi Rikiya

Ōboshi Rikiya

Titles
  • Chūshingura
  • 忠臣蔵 大星力弥
Artist (Japanese, 1786 - 1865)
Publisher (c. 1800s~1850s)
Date1849
GeographyJapan
MediumInk and color on paper Technique: Nishiki-e (Woodblock print with color blocks)
Dimensions14 1/4 x 28 3/4 in. (36.2 x 73 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineAnonymous gift, 2006 (29019b)
Object number29019b
DescriptionThis is the center section in a triptych.
According to its date, this print likely depicts actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Öboshi Rikiya in the 1849 production of "Kanadehon Chushingura" at the Nakamura theater.
Portfolio/SeriesStories of the Fourty-seven Samurai (Chüshingura)
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