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Shukado Newsletter vol. 96

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Dear Customers and Friends,

Konnichiwa from AkikoYamada sending you our newsletter.
It hails today and so chilly in Tokyo.
So I will send you hot Ukiyo-e news!
This is today
's lineup.

Index
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Special Feature; Chushingura, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
Recommend Items for Gift
New Items
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First I will write about Chushingura, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers.
Last Friday, 47 Ronin staring Keanu Reeves has been released in Japan.
The movie is based on a famous fiction samurai story, Chushingura, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers

Kanadehon Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) is based on a true incident which took place between 1701 and 1703 in Edo period. It is Japan's most famous revenge story.
The central story concerns the daimyo Enya Hangan, who is goaded into drawing his sword and striking a senior lord, Ko no Morono . Drawing one
's sword in the shogun's palace was a capital offense.
So Hangan is ordered to commit seppuku, or ritual suicide by disembowelment and and his domain confiscated.
Next year, in 1702, 47 of Asano's retainers avenged his death by attacking and killing Kira and immediately became heroes among commoner.
In 1748, the puppet play "Kanadehon Chushingura" appeared.
Since then, Chusingura has been the single most popular play in all Japanese theatre.
Not only puppet play, the story has been told in kabuki, bunraku, stage plays, films, novels, television shows and other media.
Now Kanadehon Chushingura is in performance in kabuki theater.
http://www.kabuki-bito.jp/eng/contents/theatre/kabukiza.html
https://www2.ticket-web-shochiku.com/en/performance/00113121.html

Because of its
' popularity, a lot of Ukiyo-e painters for example Hokusai, Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi produced Chusingura's Ukiyo-e.
This is the one of most famous chushingura Ukiyo-e by Kuniyoshi.
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-88-162/Kuniyoshi/The-Treasury-of-Loyal-Retainers-at-Ryogoku-Bridge?

This Ukiyo-e depicting the night of attack was produced using perspective method.
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-88-078-06/Kuninao/Ukie-Chushingura-Vol.11?

The set was painted whole story of Chushingura.
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-88-064-13/Toyokuni-III-/-Kunisada/Illustration-of-the-loyal-retainers-(set-of-12)

Other items
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/search.php?tagnm=Chushingura

The exhibition, Chushingura
' Ukiyo-e will start next Friday at Shukado Gallery.
The schedule is below.
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The Most Popular Entertainment: "A World of Treasury of Royal Retainers"
Dec 13 fry - 21 sat 
Open every day on term of the Exhibition 
10:00-18:00 / Sun: 11:00-18:00
Admission Free


Boldly dramatizing the Ako incident in the Genroku period (1688-1704), "Kanadehon Chushingura" is still popular among Japanese. Why are we so attracted by the drama? The exhibition investigates the secret through ukiyo-e art.
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We are looking for your visit!

Next, we picked up good items for gift!
Have you already find Christmas gifts?
If you are not, please check the items below.
Recommend Items for Gift
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Beauties
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-88-049-09/Yoshitora/Scene-of-Tsukiji

http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-88-122/Tori-Kiyomine/Beauty

Yakusha-e
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-88-049-01-30/Kunichika/Thirty-six-Views-of-Eastern-Capital--Ichikawa-Kyuzo

http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-88-049-22/Yoshiiku/Yakusha-e

http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-87-376-08/Kunichika/Kokusensyagassen

World Heritage, Mt.Fuji!
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-88-084/Hiroshige/Famous-View-of-53-Stations-of-Tokaido--14--Hara
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-87-305/Kokunimasa/Kunimasa-
Ⅴ "Eitai-Bridge-
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Not only items for gift, we have many new arrivals!
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New arrival
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36 Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai
One hundred famous view of Edo Kyobashitakegashi by Hiroshige
Famous View of 53 Stations of Tokaido by Hiroshige
Shiobara at Night by Hasui
Yoshida Hiroshi, Kuniyoshi
Shunga Book by Koryusai, Mutamaro, Kunisada
We have other many new items.
Please check our website!
If you have any question, please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely yours,
Akiko Yamada

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