Chushingura: Act II (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty)
The image depicts a scene from "Chushingura: Act II" by Kitao Masayoshi. The scene shows a courtyard with a building on the right and a red building on the left. The building on the right has a tiled roof and a covered walkway with people standing inside and outside. The people inside and outside the building on the right are wearing traditional Japanese clothing in shades of pink, orange, and green. In the courtyard, three men in traditional Japanese clothing are engaged in a physical altercation with one man on horseback. The man on horseback wears a red and white outfit and rides a light-brown horse. The two men on the ground wear white outfits. The courtyard is paved with stone tiles. In the background, there are trees and a hill with more buildings. The sky is light-colored with two dark lines. There is Japanese text written vertically on the right side of the image. The image has a beige background with darker spots and a thin black border.
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- 900 × 663 px
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