JAPON XIXE SIECLE

JAPON XIXE SIECLE
HIROSHIGE II (1826-1869), complete suite of twelve oban yoko-e prints from a series illustrating the play from the heroic novel Chushingura, relating the heroism of the 47 Ronin who sacrificed themselves to avenge their unjustly condemned lord.
Signed Shigenobu.
- Act 1, Hachiman Shrine in Tsurugaoka
- Act 2, Wakanosuke's house
- Act 3, The back door
- Act 4, Lord Hangan's suicide
- Act 5, On the road to Yamazaki
- Act 6, Okaru's departure
- Act 7, Ichiriki's tea house in Gion
- Act 8, Michiyuki
- Act 9, Yuranosuke's country house in Yamashina
- Act 10, Amakawaya's shop
- Act 11, The discovery of Moronao
- the End.
Sight size : 23,3 x 34,3 cm each (Printing and average condition, doubled)