Parody of Act VII of "The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"
Suzuki Harunobu
1763–1770
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; hashira-e
- Dimensions
- 65.5 × 11.5 cm (25 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- woodblock print
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print
About
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.
