Twelve Acts of the Lantern Chûshingura

(Ju-ni dan shoku Kanadehon Chûshingura)

Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi

1852

This series combines large bust portraits of actors with figures composed of lanterns in rectangular inserts. It is listed as number 218 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Act: 1 Actor: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Moronao
	Act: 2 Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Momonoi Wakasanosuke
	Act: 3 Actor: Bandô Shûchô I as Okaru
	Act: 4 Actor: Iwai Kumesaburô III as Ôboshi Rikiya
	Act: 5 Actor: Arashi Kichisaburô III as Ono no Sadakurô

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