Kanadehon chushingura

1854-1855 (late Edo)

38 cm 25.5 cm

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Following Hangan's ritual suicide, his chief retainer Yuranosuke joins some of his master's followers outside the mansion. He holds up the suicide weapon in his hand. "This dagger, its tip stained with our master's blood, preserves his soul still, and it cries out for vengean...

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Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
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Utagawa School
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