The Storehouse of Loyalty - Chushingura
1836

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Act I
Lady Kaoyo Mounting the Steps at Hachiman Shrine for the Identification of Her Dead Master’s Helmet, Utagawa Hiroshige
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Act II
Konami Receiving Rikiya while Her Mother Watches; Honzo Holds a Pine Branch after Cutting with Wakasanosuke’s Sword, Utagawa
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Act III
Bannai, Retainer of Moronao, with List of Presents to Appease Moronao, Watched by Honzo at Left, Utagawa
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Act IV
Envoys from the Shogun Approach Lady Kaoyo and Group at Enya’s Castle, Bringing Sentence of Death to Enya, Lady Kaoyo Is Surrounded by Cherry Blossoms Gathered to Cheer Enya during His Incarceration, Utagawa
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Act V
Yoichibei, Father of Okaru, Being Robbed of the Money from Her Sale to a Brothel
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Act VI
Hunters Returning after Bringing the Body of the Murdered Yoichibei to His Cottage
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Act VII
Yuranosuke Dining with the Spy Kudayu at Ichiriki Brothel, Kyoto, on the Anniversary of Enya’s Death
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Act VIII
Konami’s Bridal Journey
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Act IX
Honzo’s Suicide in Front of His Family; Yuranosuke Dressed as a Komuso Making Preparations to Attack Moronao
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Act X
Ronin Carrying a Basket that Conceals Yuranosuke into Gihei’s House
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Act XI First Episode
Ronin Crossing a Bridge at Night on the Way to Moronao’s Castle
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Act XI Second Episode
Ronin Breaking into the Inner Building of Moronao’s Castle
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Act XI Third Episode
Moronao Captured and Shown Enya’s Suicide Sword by Yuranosuke
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Act XI Fourth Episode
Ronin After Attack Going to Sengakuji Temple, Stopped by Soldiers of Prince of Sendai, To Be Given Refreshments
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Act XI Fifth Episode
Ronin Stopped from Crossing Ryogoku Bridge by Shogun's Representative
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Act XI Sixth Episode
Ronin Enter Sengakuji Temple to Pay Homage to Their Lord, Enya
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1840s

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Act 1
Wakasanosuke Confronts Moronao before the Entrance to the Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura
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Act 2
Konami Brings Tea to Rikiya as Honzo Cuts the Branch of a Pine in Front of Wakasanosuke
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Act 3
Kampei Chases a Group of Ruffians Away from Okaru before the Shogun's Palace
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Act 4
Yuranosuke Swears Revenge Outside His Master's Mansion in Edo
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Act 5
Sadakuro Counts the Stolen Gold
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Act 6
Kampei Returns Home as Okaru is Leaving for Kyoto
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Act 7
Yuranosuke Plays the Fool at the Ichiriki Teahouse in Kyoto
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Act 8
Tonase and Konami Pass Mt. Fuji on Their Way to Find Rikiya
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Act 9
Honzo Prepares to Commit Suicide to Atone for His Complicity in Enya's Death
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Act 10
One of the Ronin Prepares to Seize Osono, Gihei's Temporarily Estranged Wife, to Cut Off Her Hair
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Act 11
The Night Attack on Moronao's Mansion
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Act 11, No. 2
The Ronin Remeet at the Harbor at Takanawa to Travel Toward Sengaku Temple
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1842-1853

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Act 1
In the grounds of the Hachiman Temple looking out over the Bay of Yedo. Moronao, in high dudgeon, turning his back on Wakasa and Yenya, and walking away; Lady Kawoyo behind them looking at the retreating Moronao. Behind Wakasa grows a big tree.
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Act 3
Scene by the moat of Kamakura Castle in the early morning. Kampei defending Okaru from Bannai and his men.
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Act 5
Sadakuro, with Yoichibei's bag of money firmly held in his mouth, wipes his sword and at the same time kicks over the dead body of the old man down the slope. On the other side, at the foot of a tree-clad hill, the meeting of Yagoro and Kampei.
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Act 6
Kampei receiving Yagoro and Goyemon at the door of Yoichibei's hut. A flat landscape with low hills in the distance, and in the foreground a stream by the side of which grows a clump of bamboos, and beyond the further bank a solitary tree.
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Act 7
The tea-house scene. Yuranosuke reading the letter from Lady Kawoyo in the light of a full moon, while Okaru reads it from above by the aid of a mirror concealed in a book, and Kudayu under the veranda reading it with the aid of a large pair of spectacles.
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Act 8
The Bridal Journey. In the right foreground a porter turns to address a girl close behind him leading a horse; further along the winding road are Tonase and Konami, followed by another porter, turning to look at the great white cone of Fuji.
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Act 9
Honzo in disguise arrives at the gate of Yuranosuke's house just as Tonase prepares to take her daughter's life. A good snow scene.
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~1845

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Act 2
Love scene between Konami and Rikiya, her mother listening from behind a screen.
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Act 3
Okaru, escorted by one of Yenya's servants with a lantern, whom she is dismissing, arrives at the bridge over the moat, carrying a letter-box containing her mistress's answer to Moronao, and which she wishes to give to Kampei to convey to Yenya with a request to hand it to Moronao.
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Act 7
Yuranosuke, blindfolded, coming down the steps from the veranda of the tea-house, after the tea-house girls; overhead a full moon.
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Act 8
Tonase and Konami resting under the shade of a large tree overlooking the seashore, and admiring the fine view of Fuji.
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Act 9
Tonase preparing to take her daughter's life is arrested by hearing Honzo's pipe outside the gate of Yuranosuke's house.
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Act 11 - 2nd Episode
The ronin, headed by Yuranosuke and Rikiya, climbing up the snow-clad slope leading to their lord's tomb at Sengakuji Temple, and a priest squatting at the entrance.
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Panel Prints

Acts 1, 2 and 3
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Acts 4, 5 and 6
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Acts 7, 8 and 9
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Acts 10 and 11
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