Chushingura (The Treasure of Loyal Retainers) / act06-390
Kampei's suicide (seppuku). Top:
in the Bunraku version, the dying Kampei talks with his mother. Bottom:
in the Kabuki version, he is about to draw the dagger across his abdomen
as Yagorô and Gôemon look
on.
Source: Brazell, Traditional
Japanese Theater (Columbia University Press, 1998) p.390.
