1854 Japanese Samurai 47 Ronin Chushingura Illustrated 10v SET Sadahide ART

1854 Japanese Samurai 47 Ronin Chushingura Illustrated 10v SET Sadahide ART

An interesting 19^th century Edo woodblock-print of the ‘Akō incident’ is a Chushingura tale written by Yamazaki, Yoshinari illustrated by famous Japanese ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Sadahide. Chūshingura is the name of fictionalized accounts of the historical event concerning the 47 ronin and the mission to avenge the death of their master, Asano Naganori, which has been told in kabuki, bunraku, stage plays, films, novels, and television shows ranking among the most popular of all historical stories in Japan. This story regained popularity with the 2013 film starring Keanu Reeves, ‘47 Ronin.’

“Yamazaki’s masterpiece was “Akô gishiden issekiwa”… Yamazaki narrated the course of the Akô Incident and then proceeded to biographies of all of the 47 Rônin. Although similar in structure to the works of Muro Kyûsô and Katajima Shin’en over a century earlier, it was far more accessible, and incorporated many of the countless new anecdotes that had been added to the Chûshingura repertoire by kôdan storytellers over the previous half-century. Yamazaki followed up with a sequel Akô gishi zuihitsu one year later…describing artifacts of the Akô rônin.” (Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture)

This rare 1854 first edition is written in the typical column handwritten format with furigana usage for easier reading with excellent black and white double page illustrations by Hashimoto Gyokuran (Sadahide) of scenery, courtesans, samurai in full battle dress, in the midst of battles, assassinations, duels, and much more!

Item number: #30349

Price: $1500

YAMAZAKI, Yoshinari

Akaho Yoshihide One Night Talk (Akou Gishi Den Issekiwa) 赤穂義士伝一夕話 (あこうぎしでんいっせきわ)

Edo:, Kaei 7 [1854]. First Edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 10 volumes
  • Illustrated throughout
• References: Iwanami, Kokusho So Mokuroku 81447; Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture;
• Language: Japanese
• Binding: Softcover; tight and secure
• Size: ~10in X 7in (25.5cm x 18cm)
• Very rare and desirable

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