Act VII (Shichidanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)

「忠臣蔵　七段目」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical aiban; 32.3 x 22.1 cm (12 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.595

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (2014), list #2-226, photo p. 137; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #380.7

DescriptionFrom a later edition without the poems or publisher's mark.

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross