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| Keywords: Act V, The Robber Sadakuro Ambushes Yoichbei, and Yagoro and Kanpei Meet (5765903332).jpg en <b>Accession Number </b> 2008 85 <b>Display Artist </b> Utagawa Yoshiiku <b>Display Title </b> Act V The Robber Sadakuro Ambushes Yoichbei and Yagoro and Kanpei Meet <b>Series Title </b> Japanese Syllabary Copybook on The Treasury of Loya Retainers <b>Suite Name </b> Kanadehon Chushingura <b>Creation Date </b> 1862 <b>Medium </b> Woodblock <b>Height </b> 9 1/4 in <b>Width </b> 13 1/2 in <b>Display Dimensions </b> 9 1/4 in x 13 1/2 in 23 5 cm x 34 29 cm <b>Publisher </b> Hirookaya Kosuke <b>Credit Line </b> Gift of Captain George B Powell Jr JAGC USN <b>Label Copy </b> In the foreground of this print the villainous robber Sadakur attacks an old man named Yochibei whom he will stab to death in order to steal the large sum of money he was carrying Yochibei was the father-in-law of Kanpei who had been one of the samurai retainers of Lord Enya Kanpei had failed to prevent his master from committing the attack that led to his death so he was shamed into retiring to the life of a hunter In the background Kanpei the hunter meets by chance another one of Lord Enyas samurai retainers Yagor who tells Kanpei that he can buy his way back into the honorable samurai fellowship Hearing this Kanpeis father-in-law Yochibei secretly sells his daughter Kanpeis beloved wife Okaru into prostitution While returning home with the money Yochibei is murdered and robbed as seen in the foreground <b>Collection </b> http //www sdmart org/art/our-collection/asian-art The San Diego Museum of Art 2008-05-13 09 31 37 https //www flickr com/photos/thesandiegomuseumofartcollection/5765903332/ Flickr en thesandiegomuseumofartcollection PD-old-100 Art of Japan in the San Diego Museum of Art | ||||
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