Act XII (Jûnidanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chûshingura)

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Act XII (Jûnidanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chûshingura)

「仮名手本忠臣蔵　十二段目」

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25 × 36.9 cm (9 13/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1273

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga
一猛斎芳虎画

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
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)