Chushingura and the Floating World
Subtitle: The Representation of Kanadehon Chushingura in Ukiyo-e Prints (Japan Library)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: August 10, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781903350003
Subjects: Oriental art; Plays & playwrights; Prints & printmaking; Social history; Performing Arts/Dance; Drama; Ethnic Issues; Japanese; Japan; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Asian; Sociology
First sentence: The 'Ako affair' began in the court of the Tokugawa shogun on the fourteenth day of the third month of 1701.