
Scene at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, from Act One of Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), from the series "Chushingura Juichimai-Tsuzuki (Set of Eleven Sheets Illustrating Chushingura)"
- Date:
- c. late 1770s
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; chuban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Three figures stand beneath a pine tree beside a wooden fence: a young woman in an orange and yellow patterned kimono with an elaborate hair ornament, a bearded, balding older man kneeling and reading from a document held in both hands, and a young man in a green-and-white striped robe with a sword at his waist, leaning forward to look over the kneeling man's shoulder. The palette is dominated by soft orange, mustard yellow, and pale green against a cream background, with a title cartouche and the artist's signature in the upper right corner. This chuban color woodblock print by Katsukawa Shunshō (1770) depicts a scene at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine from Act One of Chushingura, part of the series "Chushingura Juichimai-Tsuzuki."
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Frequently Asked Questions
Scene at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, from Act One of Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), from the series "Chushingura Juichimai-Tsuzuki (Set of Eleven Sheets Illustrating Chushingura)" was created by Katsukawa Shunshō (勝川春章) in c. late 1770s.