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Woodblock print of armored retainers crossing a snowy arched bridge at night, with two men in straw hats working on a reed raft in the foreground.

Act 11, Part 1: The Approach to the Night Attack (Juichidanme ichi, yochi oshiyose), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

A snowy night scene shows a long arched wooden bridge crossed by a line of armored figures, while more retainers march along the snowy bank at left. In the foreground, two men in straw hats work on a flat raft of bundled reeds beside a boat, under a dark sky.

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
Date
c. 1834/39
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1111 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1844).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: Aproximación nocturna con nieve, Chushingura acto 11 de Hiroshige

Una escena nocturna nevada muestra un largo puente de madera arqueado cruzado por una fila de figuras con armadura, mientras más guerreros avanzan por la orilla nevada a la izquierda. En primer plano, dos hombres con sombreros de paja trabajan en una balsa plana de juncos atados junto a una barca, bajo un cielo oscuro.

Português: Aproximação noturna na neve, Chushingura ato 11 de Hiroshige

Uma cena noturna nevada mostra uma longa ponte de madeira arqueada atravessada por uma fila de figuras com armadura, enquanto mais guerreiros avançam pela margem nevada à esquerda. No primeiro plano, dois homens de chapéus de palha trabalham em uma jangada plana de juncos amarrados ao lado de um barco, sob um céu escuro.

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