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Source Description
After Enya Hangan attacked the evil Moronao in the palace, the Shogun had no choice but to order him to commit ritual suicide. Thus was set into motion the vendetta on the part of the forty-seven warriors who had served Hangan.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
32615
label
Seichu gishi den
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
32615
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Seichu gishi den
description
After Enya Hangan attacked the evil Moronao in the palace, the Shogun had no choice but to order him to commit ritual suicide. Thus was set into motion the vendetta on the part of the forty-seven warriors who had served Hangan.
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
date
1847-1848 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
color woodcuts
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36.2
height
25.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 1/4 x W: 10 1/16 in. (36.2 x 25.5 cm)
style
Utagawa School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga
med
pigments on mulberry paper
creator_ids
14883
5546
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
880
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1
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photo
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photo
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b1c273c8bcd9110d
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no
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no
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photo
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9457048214737fa1
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no
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no
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4
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photo
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no
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no