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Kō no Moronao in the Performance “Kanadehon Chūshingura” (right sheet)
Kō no Moronao in the Performance “Kanadehon Chūshingura” (right sheet)
Kō no Moronao in the Performance “Kanadehon Chūshingura” (right sheet)

Kō no Moronao in the Performance “Kanadehon Chūshingura” (right sheet)

Titles
  • Kanadehon Chüshingura, Kö no Moronao (Kira Közukenosuke)
  • 仮名手本忠臣蔵　高　師直
Artist (Japanese, 1786 - 1865)
Publisher (c. 1760s~1910s)
Date1860
GeographyJapan
MediumInk and color on paper Technique: Nishiki-e (Woodblock print with color blocks)
Dimensionssheet size: 14 3/8 x 9 13/16 in. (36.5 x 25 cm)
mat size: 20 x 28 in. (50.8 x 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift from Seiichirö Uehara, Nigata, Japan, 2006 (29336b)
Object number29336b
DescriptionThis is the right half of a diptych print.
According to the date, this print likely depicts actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Takano Moronao in the 1860 production of Kanadehon Chushingura at the Nakamura theater.
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