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Title
Kana-dehon
Chushingura
Act
IV
:
Oboshi
Yuranosuke
display's
Hangan's
sword
Description
From the
Kanadehon
Chushingura
(Model
of the
Kana
Syllabury
: the
Forty-seven
Loyal
Retainers)
series
.
Keisei
Eisen
was
born
in
Edo
, the
son
of a
calligraphy
artist
. He was
apprenticed
to
Kikugawa
Eizan
and
studied
traditional
painting
before
becoming
a
printmaker
.
Throughout
his
career
,
Eisen’s
work
was
productive
and
varied
.
Book
illustrations
and
prints
were his
first
commissioned
works
.
Early
on, he
achieved
lasting
fame
for his
bijin-ga
(pictures
of
beautiful
women)
, and
both
contributed
to and
edited
the
Ukiyo-e
ruiko
(History
of
Prints
of the
Floating
World)
one
of the
few
surviving
sources
of
information-rich
material
on
printmaking
art
and
artists
in
Japan
. At
times
, he
struck
partnerships
with
other
artists
of his
age
,
such
as his
collaboration
with
Hiroshige
,
which
resulted
in a
series
of
landscape
prints
entitled
The
Sixty-nine
Stations
on the
Kiso
Highway
.
Eisen
also
released
many
surimono
(privately
issued
prints)
,
shunga
(erotic
prints)
, and
some
landscape
pieces
. In
addition
to his
career
as a
printmaker
,
Eisen
pursued
other
sources
of
income
. A
self-described
hard-drinker
who
humbly
titled
his
version
of
Japanese
print
history
Mumeio
zhuihitsu
(Essays
by a
Nameless
Old
Man)
,
Eisen
was also the
manager
and
proprietor
of a
brothel
for a
time
.
Today
,
however
he
is
most
famous
for his
portrayals
of the
beauties
of
old
Japan
.
Kana-dehon
Chushingura
(Model
of the
Kana
Syllabury
: the
Forty-seven
Loyal
Retainers)
was a
popular
and
frequently
performed
Kabuki
play
in the
late
18th
and
early
19th
century
in
Edo
.
Based
on
actual
historical
events
from
1701
–
1703
, the
play
tells
of
forty-seven
ronin
(samurai
without
a
lord)
who
seek
revenge
for the
unjust
death
of their
leader
Enya-Hangan
.
Act
IV
:
Enya-hangan
commits
hara-kiri
,
while
his
loyal
retainer
Yuranosuke
vows
revenge
on
Moronao
Country
Japan
Historical Period
Japan - Edo-Tokugawa 1615 - 1868
Date of Content
ca.
1830
Artist/Creator
Eisen
Keisai
Photographer/Recorder
Lewis
,
Frank
C
.
IDEAS Topic
Arts
Arts-Prints
People-Historical Figures
Language
Japanese
Work of Art, Present Location
The
Wriston
Art
Gallery
.
Lawrence
University
Type
still
image
Format
image/jpeg
Date Photographed/Recorded
1/1/2007
Permissions
Materials
may
be
used
for
educational
,
non-commercial
purposes
only
.
Acknowledgement
to be
given
to the
ASIANetwork-Luce
Asian
Art
in the
Undergraduate
Curriculum
Project
and to the
college
from
whose
collection
the
work
comes
. The
individual
college
retains
copyright
to the
work
.
IDEAS Collection
ASIANetwork-Luce
Asian
Art
in the
Undergraduate
Curriculum
Project
Institution Name
Lawrence
University
IDEAS Identifier
soclaa001917
Collection Editor
Kucera
,
Karil
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