Xilografía original - Papel washi - Cuarenta y siete Ronin - Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) - Kanpei Returns Home as Okaru Leaves for Kyoto - From the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers" - Japón - 1854 (Kaei 7 / Ansei 1), quinto mes

Original woodblock print - Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) - Kanpei Returns Home as Okaru Leaves for Kyoto - From the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers" - Japan - 1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 5th month

Print and Series Title: 'Rokudanme' 六段目 (Act 6) - From the series "Chushingura" 忠臣蔵 (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

Date: 1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 5th month

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 / Toyokuni III 三代豊国 (signed Toyokuni ga 豊国画)

Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo 蔦屋吉蔵, owner of Koeido 紅英堂

Carver: Yokokawa Takejiro 横川竹二郎 (signed Hori Take 彫竹)

Censor's seals: Aratame 改, Tiger 5 寅五

Print subject: At Okaru's house, Okaru and her mother are worrying that her father Yoichibei has not returned from Kyoto. The people from the brothel come to pay the rest of the money and to take Okaru away, but Okaru's mother says they can't let Okaru go until Yoichibei returns. The people from the brothel force Okaru into a palanquin and are about to leave when Kanpei returns. They explain the situation to him and show him that Yoichibei was carrying the first half of the money in a striped purse exactly like the one the brothel keeper is carrying. Kanpei is shocked to see that this is identical to the purse he took off the body and thinks that he killed Yoichibei. He agrees to let Okaru go to the pleasure quarters. (source: NHK)

Medium: Polychrome horizontal large oban 大判 format woodblock print

Condition: Overall good (proper signs of aging, slight stains, some wrinkles on the paper - please look at the pictures)

Size: 24.5 x 37 cm

See Art Museums of San Francisco: https://art.famsf.org/utagawa-kunikiyo-ii/act-6-storehouse-loyalty-chushingura-sixth-image-complete-set-twelve-1963305530

The woodblock print will be well-packaged and shipped by registered mail with a tracking code.