Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国
Japanese, 1769–1825
A Chushingura Parody
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Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国
Japanese, 1769–1825c. 1787
A Chushingura Parody
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825 →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
c. 1787
Medium
Color woodblock print; hashira-e (pillar print)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
In this version of the parody based on Act VII, a young man stands on the veranda reading a long love letter. A young woman, seated on the ground outside a fence, also reads the letter and is apparently greatly amused by its contents. Another young woman seated on a balcony looks down on the scene. It is thought that the artist designed this print at the age of eighteen.
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