Forty-seven Ronin: Act X. Ronin dressed in black coming to Gihei's house to test his loyalty.
Artist
Utagawa Yoshitora
(Japanese, active 1850 - 1880)
Date1852
Place of ManufactureAsia
Mediumwoodcut
Medium Remarks: ink, colours
DimensionsOverall (image): 22.5 x 34.8 cm
ClassificationsFINE ART
Credit LineGift of Mr. Theodore Lande
Object number1984.054.007.010
DescriptionRonin dressed in black coming to Gihei's house to test his loyalty, with Gihei's divorced wife standing outside the doorway: interior scene consists of a seated man writing another man smoking a pipe, & visible in the interior doorway is a young man carrying a child. At the far left is another doorway with a female spying inside. Many uniformed, armed figures wait outside.Status
Not on view
Ando Hiroshige
Ando Hiroshige
Utagawa Yoshitora
1852
Ando Hiroshige
