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Act VI, the Yamasaki Scene (Rokudanme, Yamasaki no dan), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers Enacted by Present-day Women (Tôsei onna Chûshingura)

(Japanese, active about 1781–1801)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical koban; 22.8 x 17.3 cm (9 x 6 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession number21.6215
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga Gorô Tokimune
Katsukawa Shunzan
1782 (Tenmei 2), 1st month
Visitors at Temple Gate
Katsukawa Shunzan
1788 (Tenmei 8)
On the Veranda of a Mansion
Katsukawa Shunzan
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
On the Veranda of a Mansion
Katsukawa Shunzan
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Catching Fireflies in the Garden of a Mansion
Katsukawa Shunzan
about 1785–89 (late Tenmei era)