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Triptych - The Story of Chushingura, Act VII.
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
print
Sanoki; Kunisada
Asia: Japan
c.1840
silk; wood; glass

Framed colour print (woodcut) in three sections. Printed in red, blue and black with one instance of green. Depicts a raised platform house with an eavesdropper beneath the steps wearing nose spectacles and attempting to view a distant letter on a scroll. Mounted and glazed in a modern walnut frame.

1999.141