Kanadehon Chūshingura Act IX

Details

• Title

  Kanadehon Chūshingura Act IX

• Series

  The storehouse of Loyal Retainers, A Primer

• Artist/maker

  Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) (designer)

• Associated people

  Tsuruya Kinsuke (active c. 1797 - 1824) (publisher)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  1806

• Material and technique

  nishiki-e (full colour) woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)

• Material index

  processed material › paper

• Technique index

  printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut

• Object type

  visual representation › print

• Dimensions

  mount 40.5 x 55.8 cm (height x width)
  sheet 25.8 x 38.2 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mrs E. M. Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding from the Herbert H. Jennings Collection, 1952.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.4637

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