忠臣蔵三段目, Chushingura Act III, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1800, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 15 1/8 in. (38. 4 cm) ; W. 10 1/2 in. (26. 7 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753? ?1806), Utamaro uses the 'E-kyodai' format here also to combine two scenes to humorous effect. Although both scenes in this work depict physical conflicts, they are conflicts of a radically different character