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Kana-dehon Chūshingura jūnidan zen

Tōkyō : Ryōkodō · 9 pictures

Kana-dehon Chūshingura jūnidan zen is a Japanese ukiyo-e colour woodblock print series published in Tōkyō by Ryōkodō, retelling the Forty-seven Rōnin story in twelve scenes for a general readership. Its pictures show figures in Edo-period dress, with pale washes, flat planes, and sparse interiors, giving a designer clean compositions, restrained palettes of blue, violet, and pink, and simple architectural framing devices.

Ukiyoe · Color prints, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868 · Forty-seven Rōnin -- Pictorial works

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