赤穂市「忠臣蔵」浮世絵デジタル展示室:
https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/lib/vm/akochushingura/

The fourth online exhibition of Chushingura Ukiyo-e co-organized by the Art Research Center and Ako City, entitled "Unique Chushingura, This and That," is now open online.

Prior to this, Ako City organized three digital exhibitions using the Art Research Center's electronic exhibition systems. This fourth exhibit is not limited to actor prints (yakusha-e), images of stage plays, narrative images, or warrior prints (musha-e). We introduce various perspectives through 68 unique works, produced by ukiyo-e artists who were able to use their rich creativity to create new, imaginative, works because this was a story that almost everyone was familiar with.

These include works which reflect the lavish staging of actual stage plays; works which attempt to represent the entire story of Chushingura in a single image; and works which reimagine the story in a Western-style mode; as well as mitate-e which require considerable knowledge on the part of the viewer to interpret; humorous images that inspire laughter; and toy images that not only children but adults too will enjoy. It is no exaggeration to say that this "world" of diverse works is the material embodiment of the breadth of Chushingura culture.

Please enjoy the diversity and variety of these Chushingura prints into which ukiyo-e artists poured their creativity and talent, and which entertained the common people.

Ako City Chushingura Ukiyo-e Digital Gallery:
https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/j/report/v_museum/

Ako City Chushingura Ukiyo-e Database:
https://www.dh-jac.net/db/nishikie/search_ako.php

Entrance through Ako City's website:
https://www.city.ako.lg.jp/edu/shougai/akoukiyoedatebase.html