Kanadehon chushingura

ca. 1849-1853 (late Edo)

48.4 cm 37.6 cm

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Hangan, dressed in the white robe of death, thrusts his dagger into his gut: this is ritual suicide by disembowelment, known as "seppuku." His loyal retainer Yuranosuke rushes to his side to keep him from falling over. As Hangan completes his task he tells Yuranosuke that with...

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Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
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Utagawa School
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