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Parody of act VII of the play "Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)", c. 1782. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga.

Parody of act VII of the play "Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)", c. 1782. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga.

2-875-265 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Parody of act VII of the play "Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)", c. 1782. A man reads a letter on the engawa (veranda) of a pleasure house. On a balcony above, a courtesan reads the coded letter by looking into a mirror. The matron of the house crawls out from under the engawa below.

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Creator
  1. Torii Kiyonaga, attributed to: Japanese: Artist, printmaker
Medium
  1. Colour woodblock print
  2. Hashira-e
Picture Type
  1. Arts of asia
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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 584x3000
File Size : 5,133kb

Aliases

  1. 1925.2820
  1. 23196
  1. 1000028433
  1. 1925.282
  1. 2-875-265
  1. 2875265

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