Act VI, Chūshingura

Original object type: Artefact
Title: Act VI, Chūshingura
Corporate Creators: Utagawa Hiroshige I
Description:
Act VI in Chūshingura play: Kampei, with gun on shoulder, stands on a small plank bridge over a stream, gazing abstractedly at the landscape, while from the further side approaches the 'kago' containing Okaru, and the tea-house proprietor. In background the straw-thatched roofs of cottages, and a willow tree overhanging the stream.
Date range: 1842-1847
Date: 1844
Subjects: University Subjects > Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies
University Subjects > Theatre

Act VI, Chūshingura