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onsdag 5 juli 2017

Chûshingura: Kuniyoshi - Kanadehon Chûshingura, 1835

Utagawa Kuniyoshi skapade ett tjugotal Chûshingura serier. Det kan vara svåra att hålla isär seriernas titlar. En del av dem liknar varandra och det förekommer även ett par exempel på serier med samma namn.

Bilderna nedan utgör en serie, Kanadehon Chûshingura, som kom 1835.


Ukiyo-e. Kuniyoshi. Kanadehon Chûshingura (1835).47 ronin.
Act 1 -  Lady Kaoyo bowing towards Moronao. At his side, Enya and Wakasa.


Ukiyo-e. Kuniyoshi. Kanadehon Chûshingura (1835).47 ronin.
Act 2 - Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Rikiya, meeting Konami


Ukiyo-e. Kuniyoshi. Kanadehon Chûshingura (1835).47 ronin.
Act 3 - Okaru and a group of ruffians


Ukiyo-e. Kuniyoshi. Kanadehon Chûshingura (1835).47 ronin.
Act 4 - Ichikawa Danzô V as Yuranosuke


Ukiyo-e. Kuniyoshi. Kanadehon Chûshingura (1835).47 ronin.
Act 5 - Ichikawa Sumizô III as Sadakurô and Matsumoto Taisuke as Yoichibei


Ukiyo-e. Kuniyoshi. Kanadehon Chûshingura (1835).47 ronin.
Act 6 - Kampei receiving Yagoro and Goyemon at the door of Yoichibei’s hut


Ukiyo-e. Kuniyoshi. Kanadehon Chûshingura (1835).47 ronin.
Act 7 - Yuranosuke playing the fool at the Ichiriki Teahouse in Kyoto in order to allay suspicion that he was plotting revenge


Ukiyo-e. Kuniyoshi. Kanadehon Chûshingura (1835).47 ronin.
Act 8 - Konami and her mother, Tonase, are resting under a tree


Ukiyo-e. Kuniyoshi. Kanadehon Chûshingura (1835).47 ronin.
Act 9 - Tonase and Konami at Yuranosuke’s house


Ukiyo-e. Kuniyoshi. Kanadehon Chûshingura (1835).47 ronin.
Act 10 - The rônin testing Amakawaya Gihei’s loyalty


Ukiyo-e. Kuniyoshi. Kanadehon Chûshingura (1835).47 ronin.
 Act 11, Scene 1 - The rônin surrounding Moronao


Ukiyo-e. Kuniyoshi. Kanadehon Chûshingura (1835).47 ronin.
Act 11, Scene 2 - Yuranosuke and the rônin laying Moronao’s head on their lord’s tomb


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