/internal/media/dispatcher/1000567/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Ancient Custom of Attacking the Concubine (Ôko uwanari-uchi no zu), second edition1852 (Kaei 5), 8th monthUtagawa Hiroshige IMaruya Seijirō (Marusei, Jukakudō)Vertical ôban triptych; 35.3 × 69.8 cm (13 7/8 × 27 1/2 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.39581a-c0A slightly altered reprint of a triptych first published in the mid-1840s.
MFA impressions:
First edition, 1843-7: 11.21404-6
Reprint edition, 1852, slightly altered: 11.22606a-c, 11.39581a-c
Left sheet of first edition plus center and right sheets of reprint: 11.17164-6Prints35.100000000035.300000000035.100000000035.30000000000.00000000000.00000000000.00000000000.000000000046491001