Lifesized Dolls (Iki ningyô) in the 11th Act of Chûshingura – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Lifesized Dolls (Iki ningyô) in the 11th Act of Chûshingura

Lifesized Dolls (Iki ningyô) in the 11th Act of Chûshingura

忠臣蔵十一段目の生人形

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1856 (Ansei 3), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 25.7 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1081

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete diptych or triptych.

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰三
彫師：なし

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)