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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Act X: Gihei, Proving His Loyalty, Defies the Rōnin to Move Him; Gihei Writing a Letter of Divorce before His Father-in-Lawcirca 1835

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Japanese woodblock print with two stacked interior scenes: upper scene shows a seated man in orange surrounded by armed figures in black; lower scene shows kneeling and grouped figures near a floral screen

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), Act X: Gihei, Proving His Loyalty, Defies the Rōnin to Move Him; Gihei Writing a Letter of Divorce before His Father-in-Law, circa 1835, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Bruce Davis, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Title
Act X: Gihei, Proving His Loyalty, Defies the Rōnin to Move Him; Gihei Writing a Letter of Divorce before His Father-in-Law
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1835
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 14 9/16 × 10 1/8 in. (36.99 × 25.72 cm) Sheet: 15 × 10 3/16 in. (38.1 × 25.88 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Bruce Davis
Accession Number
AC1992.108.1.10
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art