Finale: The Withdrawal after the Night Attack (Youchi hikitori daibi), from the series Matched Pictures for The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura ekyôdai)

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Finale: The Withdrawal after the Night Attack (Youchi hikitori daibi), from the series Matched Pictures for The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura ekyôdai)

「忠臣蔵絵兄弟　夜討引取　大尾」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6), 1st month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 25.3 cm (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.906

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Graybill et al, The Artist's Touch, the Craftsman's Hand (Portland Art Museum cat., 2011), pp. 218-9, #100j

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Goat 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未正改
彫師：彫兼

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)