Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Household Scene in The Forty-Seven Rōnin
A standing swordsman faces a seated woman and children inside a screened room. The woodcut accompanies the story’s account of family separation and revenge.
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Japanese artists; individual maker not identified. "The Household Scene in The Forty-Seven Rōnin" [editorial title]. In Tales of Old Japan, A. B. Mitford. Both volumes, 1871, undated edition. Source scan leaf 28. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0655-0028
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Japanese artists; individual maker not identified. The Household Scene in The Forty-Seven Rōnin. Tales of Old Japan. Scan leaf 28. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0655-0028