Nakamura Kansuke Masatatsu from the series Portraits of the Faithful Samurai of True Loyalty (Seichū gishi shōzō) 「中村勘助正辰」 『誠忠義士肖像』
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Period
1852, 12th month -
Geography
Japan -
Material
Ink, color and hand-applied color on paper -
Dimension
H x W (overall): 35.8 x 25 cm (14 1/8 x 9 13/16 in) -
Accession Number
S2004.3.193 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_S2004.3.193
Object Details
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Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861) -
Publisher
Sumiyoshiya Masagoro 吉屋政五郎 -
Block carver
Yokokawa Takejiro (Hori Take) -
Label
This print comes from a set illustrating the forty-seven loyal samurai who served Asano Naganori (1665-1701), lord of Ako, a domain in Harima Province (modern Hyogo Prefecture). The historic events that attracted public sympathy and inspired puppet and kabuki plays and print series began in 1701, when Asano was provoked to draw his sword in the shogun's castle during a quarrel with Kira Yoshinaka (d. 1703). For this violation of protocol, Asano was ordered to commit suicide, and his retainers became ronin. The forty-seven samurai waited until an appointed date nearly two years later when they planned to meet at Kira's residence and kill him to avenge their master's death; in the end they were ordered to commit suicide themselves.Here Nakamura Kansuke Masatatsu raises his sword as he averts a hibachi that has been hurled at him, spewing ash. -
Collection
National Museum of Asian Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Masters of Mercy: Buddha's Amazing Disciples (March 10 to July 8, 2012)Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints from the Anne van Biema Collection (September 15, 2002 to January 9, 2003) -
Origin
Japan -
Credit Line
The Anne van Biema Collection -
Type
Print -
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