(Scene from Act 10 of play, Amakawaya scene, Gihei's shop), Katsushika Hokusai

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Katsushika Hokusai, (Scene from Act 10 of play, Amakawaya scene, Gihei's shop)
Katsushika Hokusai, (Scene from Act 10 of play, Amakawaya scene, Gihei's shop)
Katsushika Hokusai
(Scene from Act 10 of play, Amakawaya scene, Gihei's shop)
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Katsushika Hokusai
1760–1849
(Scene from Act 10 of play, Amakawaya scene, Gihei's shop), 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Portfolio/Series title: Chūshingura (Story of Forty-Seven Rōnin)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 178 x 275 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 7 1/2 x 10 13/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 182 x 280 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 7 3/16 x 11 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 0000.1688
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Exhibition Label: "The Art of Stories Told," Jun-2004, Veronica de Jong The central figure of this scene is the merchant Gihei who is helping provide the ronin (master-less samurai) with their weapons. This rather comic moment shows him kicking his father-in-law out of his home while his son and manservant watch from behind a wall. Gihei could not trust his wife or father-in-law to keep secret his involvement in the plot, and because Gihei sent his wife back to her father, the father-in-law wanted his daughter divorced. Gihei doesn’t intend to divorce his wife and so he is shown dismissing his father-in-law in an unfilial manner.