partially kneeling man in foreground with bare legs, PL hand behind his back hidden by hem of his short grey and blue striped kimono with light blue trim and lining; five men wearing black threatening kneeling man with short blue sticks; interior scene with yellow chest in middle ground at center

Tenth Act, 1860, 5th lunar month

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Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Amakawaya Gihei. Related to the play Kanadehon Chūshingura 仮名手本忠臣蔵, performed at the Nakamura Theater in the 4th month of 1860.

Details
Title
Tenth Act
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2017.106.19
Catalogue Raisonne
Keyes, Courage and Silence (1982), no. 21; Iwakiri, Yoshitoshi (2014), p. 305.
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partially kneeling man in foreground with bare legs, PL hand behind his back hidden by hem of his short grey and blue striped kimono with light blue trim and lining; five men wearing black threatening kneeling man with short blue sticks; interior scene with yellow chest in middle ground at center