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Source Description
In this scene of the play, Yuranosuke bursts out of a chest in which he has been secretly listening as a co-conspirator's loyalty is tested. Yuranosuke is the leader of the samurai who were left without a master when Hangan was ordered to commit suicide. He needs to make sure the samurai's supplier would not give away their plans for revenge.
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Document identity
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25359
label
Kanadehon chushingura
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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25359
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Kanadehon chushingura
description
In this scene of the play, Yuranosuke bursts out of a chest in which he has been secretly listening as a co-conspirator's loyalty is tested. Yuranosuke is the leader of the samurai who were left without a master when Hangan was ordered to commit suicide. He needs to make sure the samurai's supplier would not give away their plans for revenge.
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1991, by gift.
date
ca. 1819-1842 (late Edo)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
color woodcuts
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1
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1
source
import
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Utagawa School
inscriptions
[Signature] On print: Gototei Kunisada ga
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
15034
3275
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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7c02942ffdfbefc7