Gishi yo-uchi (Act Eleven: The Night Attack of the Loyal Samurai), Utagawa Hiroshige

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Utagawa Hiroshige, Gishi yo-uchi (Act Eleven: The Night Attack of the Loyal Samurai)
Utagawa Hiroshige, Gishi yo-uchi (Act Eleven: The Night Attack of the Loyal Samurai)
Utagawa Hiroshige
Gishi yo-uchi (Act Eleven: The Night Attack of the Loyal Samurai)
1843–1847, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797–1858
Gishi yo-uchi (Act Eleven: The Night Attack of the Loyal Samurai), 1843–1847, 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): 136 x 205 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 5 3/8 x 8 1/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 185 x 242 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 7 5/16 x 9 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.7436
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Exhibition Label: "The Art of Stories Told," Jun-2004, Veronica de Jong This is a scene from the final act of the play illustrating the rōnin (master-less samurai) attacking the reviled lord’s residence. Men are depicted scaling the wall while others barrage the gate. Their attack is successful and the lord is shown to be a coward hiding in a corner. They swiftly kill him fulfilling their oath, and next they go to their master’s tomb where they honorably commit suicide.