Parody of Act VII of "The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"
c. 1768/69
Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信 Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770
Japan
In this parody of Act VII, the artist presents only two players: the courtesan reading the letter by means of a mirror, and a young samurai in Kuranosuke’s place who reads a short letter on a small roll by the light of a hanging lantern.
Color woodblock print; hashira-e