Print [.1] depicting the Forty-Seven Ronins, folded inside a paper envelope [2]. [El.B 04/03/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Print [.1] depicting the Forty-Seven Ronins, folded inside a paper envelope [2]. [El.B 04/03/2008]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Alfred Ernest Dickinson; Field collector Cicely Frances Dickinson; Field collector Enid May Dickinson; PRM source Bent Einer Juel-Jensen; PRM source Cicely Mary Juel-Jensen
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1909
Date collected: 1909
Acquisition information: Donated: 10/1989
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Process Printed
Dimensions: Length: max 196 mm, Width: max 495 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1989.44.87.1 Accession number: 1989.44.87.2
Research and responses: The legend of the forty-seven ronins originates in the 18th century and tells of forty-seven samurai who became leaderless after their lord was forced to commit suicide for assaulting a court official. They avenged their lord's death but had to commit suicide themselves afterwards. [Source: Wikipedia] [El.B 04/03/2008]

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