Japanese Color Woodblock Prints from the Illustrated Collection of Famous Japanese Puppets of the Osaka Bunrakuza Hasegawa Sadanobu III, 1926 or 1927 2 prints of Kanadehon Chūshingura, [The Treasury of Loyal Retainers], the most important Bunraku jōruri (puppet) play in 11 acts Picturing the puppet Yūjo Okaru, the central female character in the play, in Act VII, the letter-reading scene. Having read a secret letter to Yuranosuke, the leader of the forty-seven ronin who is pretending a life of debauchery, Okaru must be silenced so as not to reveal that the secret plan for revenge is still alive. Knowing this, Okaru's brother Heiemon decides to take her life. At the moment Heiemon draws his sword, Okaru leans back and throws a shower of tissue paper (onkotogami) drawn from her kimono at him, as we see pictured in this print. The other print is the stage set for Act VII. Brief Plot Summary Source: Source: http://www.naritaya.jp/english/show/detail.php?no=2009100120091025190517 https://www.myjapanesehanga.com/home/articles/illustrated-collection-of-famous--30bc7d14985ee87d.html https://www.myjapanesehanga.com/home/artists/hasegawa-sadanobu-iii-konobu-ii-1881-1963/yujo-okaru-in-kanadehon-chushingu-e3c9961153a73e7d.html Beautiful colored woodblock prints, 2 leaves 37,5x25 cm Good condition, please view photos Bunraku (文楽), also known as Ningyō jōruri, is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the beginning of the 17th century. Three kinds of performers take part in a bunraku performance: the Ningyōtsukai (puppeteers), the tayū (chanters), and shamisen musicians. Ukiyo-e Noh Kyogen Joruri Kabuki