Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Chapter 8 from Perspective Pictures of the Syllabary Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura)

Maker

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美 (Japanese, 1764-1824, b. in Edo, Japan)
Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848, b. in Edo, Japan), previous attribution
Tsutaya Kichiemon (Japanese), publisher

Title

Chapter 8 from Perspective Pictures of the Syllabary Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura)
Perspective Pictures of the Syllabary Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1790s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Image: 30.3 x 43 cm (11 15/16 x 16 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: Masayoshi/55

Signature: Kitao Masayoshi ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | hanmoto; censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1153

Type

Exhibition History

Poets, Heroes, and Courtiers
Literary and Narrative Traditions in Japanese Prints
Sep 06, 2002 – Dec 01, 2002

Label copy

The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chusingura) tells the tale of the forty-seven ronin, or masterless samurai, who diligently plotted to avenge the death of their master, Asano Naganori. Asano was humiliated by Kira Yoshinaka, an official at the court of the shogun; after Asano drew his sword against Kira, he was ordered to commit suicide. Two years later, Asano’s loyal retainers stormed Kira’s mansion and killed him.

Here Tonase and her daughter Konami journey to Yamashina to seek out Rikiya, one of the plotters, who was broken his engagement to Konami.

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Tombstone

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美 (Japanese, 1764-1824, b. in Edo, Japan)
Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848, b. in Edo, Japan), previous attribution
Tsutaya Kichiemon (Japanese), publisher
Chapter 8 from Perspective Pictures of the Syllabary Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura); Perspective Pictures of the Syllabary Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura), 1790s
Polychrome woodblock print
Image: 30.3 x 43 cm (11 15/16 x 16 15/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1153

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