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Parody of the Letter-reading Scene in Act VII of Chûshingura, with a Cat


見立忠臣蔵七段目(猫)
Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.4 x 18.7 cm (10 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.516
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #88; Hockley 2003, p. 268, #C-14
Signed Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross