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Act Five: Yamazaki Highway from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

A work made of color woodblock print; koban.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of color woodblock print; koban.

Date:

c. 1795

Artist:

Katsukawa Shun’ei
Japanese, 1762-1819
Yoichibei
Japanese, Unknown

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsukawa Shun'ei

Title

Act Five: Yamazaki Highway from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1790–1800

Medium

Color woodblock print; koban

Dimensions

23.2 × 17.3 cm (9 1/8 × 6 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Frederick W. Gookin Collection

Reference Number

1939.902

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