Sadakuro murdering Yochibei, number 5 from the series The Loyal League of Forty-seven Ronin (Uki-E Chushingura)
Katsukawa Shunsen, Japanese, about 1762 - 1830
after 1806
Color woodblock print on Japanese paper
Set of 11
Overall: 9 3/8 × 13 in. (23.8 × 33 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Claire E. and Dr. Frederick R. Mebel, Class of 1935
PR.975.22
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 62.3, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2019
Exhibition History
Japanese Color Woodblock Prints, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 30, 1992-February 7, 1993.
Narratives in Japanese Woodblock Prints, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 27-June 9, 2019.
Palmer Lounge Cases, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 1975.
Provenance
Dr. Frederick Ronald Mebel (1913-1998) and Claire E. Mebel (1916-1994); Rockville Center, New York; given to present collection, 1975.
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