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| Keywords: Asano Eizo - Zashiki juku doke Chushingura - Walters 95652.jpg Kyosai here turns seppuku ritualized suicide into something treated humorously suicide by disembowelment is about to be performed on a blowfish This print represents a scene from a play that parodies one of the most popular dramas in Japan Kanadehon Chushingura Based on a true story the original play is about forty-seven loyal samurai sworn to avenge their master's death In Act 5 the father-in-law of Kampei one of the samurai is robbed and murdered by a bandit Kampei however mistakenly thinks he himself is responsible and so in Act 6 he performs seppuku 1878 Meiji pigments mulberry paper cm 17 78 24 13 accession number 95 652 39753 Justine Lewis Keidel date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel 1991 Signature Shosho Kyosai place of origin Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license 2D Japanese prints in the Walters Art Museum Historic samurai prints Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Kawanabe Kyosai | ||||
