Katsuta Shinemon Taketaka
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
Katsuta Shinemon Taketaka was one of the forty-seven loyal retainers who carried out the Ako vendetta in 1703. His individual portrait, part of Kuniyoshi's extensive Chushingura-related output, would show him in samurai equipment with the clan crest and the weapons associated with his specific role in the night attack. Kuniyoshi's approach to the forty-seven ronin made each man individually memorable rather than treating them as an undifferentiated group of loyal adherents.
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Katsuta Shinemon Taketaka was created by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳).
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