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Katsukawa Shunsho

Scene at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, from Act One of Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), from the series "Chushingura Juichimai-Tsuzuki (Set of Eleven Sheets Illustrating Chushingura)"

c. late 1770s
Color woodblock print; chuban
25.1 × 18.4 cm (9.9 × 7.2 in)

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