Godanme 1,Utamaro Kitagawa,Photo of Ukiyo-e,Japan,Criminal,Robber,c1800

Title: Godanme
Title Translation: Act five.
Creator(s): Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806, artist
Date Created/Published: [between 1799 and 1801]
Summary: Print for a scene from Act 5 of the Chushingura which shows the robber Sadakuro holding a sword at the throat of Yoichibei, an elderly man, as he robs him and then kills him. In the background, Kampei, holding a rifle, shoots at a wild boar, but kills Sadakuro instead.
Notes:
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.
From the series: Chushingura.
Paper is overly large for aiban format not unusual. No kyoka, second edition. Images in a circular window.
Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Criminals--Japan--1790-1810.
Homicides--Japan--1790-1810.
Robberies--Japan--1790-1810.
Older people--Japan--1790-1810.
Format:
Ukiyo-e--Japanese--Color--1790-1810.
Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1790-1810.
Bookmark /2009615002/
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