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
Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III
(Japanese, 1786 - 1865)
Publisher
Maruya Jinpachi < Marujin > Enjudō
(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)
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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