Print, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, circa 1849

Woodblock print, oban yoko-e. Scene from the play kanadehon chushingura at the nakamura theatre in the seventh month of kaei 2 (1849), showing the actors iwai kumesaburo as oboshi rikiya and sawamura sojuro as rikiya's father oboshi yuranosuke; oboshi yuranosuke holding a knife in front of a crowd. Date: circa 1849. Dimensions: Height: 24.20 centimetres Width: 35.60 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print (BM 2008,3037.12309)