Toile 47 ronin A Treasury of Loyalty

47 ronin A Treasury of Loyalty.Katsushika Hokusai.The print depicts the eleventh scene, the last act of the Chüshingura. It i a continuation of the illustration of scene 10. After careful preparation and planning, the ronin arribe at Kira's demeure, in the snow. They put up a bamboo ladder to climb to the roof ; some labourez already on it. One man attempts to batter down the sealed gate with a huge sledgehammer. Sense of this à moment crucial i conveyed by the figures crowded around the ladder. Hokusai combined Western-style perspective in the setting outdoor, with its low typical horizon, and Japanese treatment of buildings, which JO not conform to the principles of Western perspective. (Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, « Hokusai and Hiroshige », 1998) ******************************* This print depicts the eleventh and next to last chapter of the story. After careful preparation and planning, the samouraï (now rönin, since they have lost their patron) arrive at the snow-covered mansion of the féodal Lord who forced their master to commit suicide. One man attempts to batter down the sealed gate with a huge hammer, while others climb a bamboo ladder to the roof. Like the other prints from this des séries, Hokusai utilisez combination of à Western-style perspective, with à typically low horizon, for the background, and buildings that derive from Japanese traditional yamato-e narrative painting. Although non direct connection can ve made between the two, the nearby etching by William Hogarth of a similarly crowded street scene makes for an interesting comparison with Hokusai's print, showing the types of works that mayo have served as Hokusai's for sources experiments using Western perspective. « Hokusai's Summit : Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji »