Utagawa Kunimaru. Chūshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), Act XI: Night Battle / Fan print, 1827.

Artist: Utagawa Kunimaru [歌川国丸] (Japanese, 1794 – 1829).

Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (fl. 1815 – 1869).

Date-kiwame seal: Bunsei 10 (1827).

Signed: Ichiensai Kunimaru ga [一円斎国丸画].

Play: Chūshingura [忠臣蔵] (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), 11th act, Night Battle [十一段目夜討之図].

Act XI: The Attack on Kō no Moronao Mansion.

Kō no Moronao [高師直] (Japanese, d. 1351).

Inscription on the soba peddler box: Nihachi soba udon [二八そばうどん] – twice eight soba and udon (16 mon per serving).

SKU: SVJP-0233.2018 Categories: Japanese woodblock print, Pictures

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Fan, Woodblock print
Period	19 AD, Bunsei era [文政] (04/ 1818 – 12/1830), Edo Period (1603 – 1868), Mid-19th century
Country	Japan
Media	Ink and color on paper, Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Size	Fan print. Uchiwa-e
Subject	Chūshingura [忠臣蔵] (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers)
School	Utagawa (歌川)
Artist	Utagawa Kunimaru [歌川国丸] (Japanese, 1794 – 1829)
Publisher	Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (Japanese, fl. 1815 – 1869)
Publishing year	1827, Bunsei 10
Acquisition year	2018

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