Woodblock print

Description

Part of a colour woodblock diptych print depicting the head and shoulders of a kabuki actor as the robber Ono Sadakurō in the Chūshingura drama, having just been shot by Hayano Kanpei, with rain and gunsmoke background: Japan, Osaka, by Utagawa Kunimasu, c. 1848 - 1852

Museum reference

A.1887.745.37.21

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print, Diptych

Production information

Utagawa Kunimasu, Artist
Japan, East Asia

Date

c. 1848 - 1852

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Ono Sadakurō