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| Keywords: Scene II of the play Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura) (5765903622).jpg en <b>Accession Number </b> 2009 122 <b>Display Artist </b> Utagawa Hiroshige <b>Display Title </b> Scene II of the play Treasury of Loyal Retainers Chushingura <b>Series Title </b> Treasury of Loyal Retainers <b>Suite Name </b> Chushingura <b>Creation Date </b> ca 1838 <b>Medium </b> Woodblock <b>Height </b> 9 3/4 in <b>Width </b> 14 in <b>Display Dimensions </b> 9 3/4 in x 14 in 24 77 cm x 35 56 cm <b>Publisher </b> Izumiya Ichibei <b>Credit Line </b> Gift of Captain George B Powell Jr JAGC USN <b>Label Copy </b> A samurai lord has discovered the governor Moronaos lecherous advances towards the loyal wife of Lord Enya In the pine garden of his mansion he tells his retainer Honz of his resolve to kill Moronao for his misdeeds Honz will then rush off to warn Moronao to apologize which leads Moronao to provoke Enya into attacking him As a result of the attack Enya is obliged to commit suicide and leave his forty-seven loyal retainers without a master and saddled with a vendetta Behind the bamboo screen is Honz s wife and her step daughter Konami kneels in the foreground Because of Honz s dishonorable actions Konami will be forced to call off her engagement to Yoshitsune the leader of the forty-seven samurai <b>Collection </b> <a href http //www sdmart org/art/our-collection/asian-art rel nofollow >The San Diego Museum of Art</a> 2009-07-15 15 46 28 https //www flickr com/photos/thesandiegomuseumofartcollection/5765903622/ Flickr en thesandiegomuseumofartcollection PD-old-100 Files from the San Diego Museum of Art to be checked | ||||
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