The amazing code of Japan's samurai : scene from "the forty-seven Ronins"

Scene from the play Kanadehon Chûshingura (47 Ronin), depicts soldiers about to storm into the mansion of their dead master's enemy. Accompanies an article about the Japanese warrior culture.

Publication date: 1937-09-26

Size: 7 x 11.3 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Samurai--Japan--1930-1940
• Theatrical productions--Japan--1930-1940
• Forty-seven Ronin
• Actors--Japanese--Japan--1930-1940
• Kabuki--Japan--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (September 26, 1937), p. 3

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg