Comic Paper Lantern Chûshingura

(Dôke Chôchingura)

Publisher: Wakasa-ya Yoichi

c. 1830

This series portrays scenes from the kabuki play Kanadehon Chûshingura with paper lanterns in place of the actors’ heads. However, the lanterns resemble well-known actors of the day. The series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The images are each about 7 by 10 inches (18 by 25 centimeters), a size known as chûban. Two images were printed on a sheet of paper about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Act: 1 Act: 2
	Act: 3 Act: 4
	Act: 5 Act: 6
	This chûban print was published by Iba-ya Kyûbei and has a similar cartouche. It portrays Act 8 of the kabuki play Kanadehon Chûshingura.

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