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Parody of Act VII of "The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"
Suzuki Harunobuc. 1768/69
- Attribution
- Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信 Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; hashira-e
- Physical dimensions
- 65.5 × 11.5 cm (25 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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In this parody of Act VII, the artist presents only two players: the courtesan reading the letter by means of a mirror, and a young samurai in Kuranosuke’s place who reads a short letter on a small roll by the light of a hanging lantern.
Description: Art Institute of Chicago · CC BY 4.0