Act V (Godanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Act V (Godanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)

Act V (Godanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)

「忠臣蔵　五段目」

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1855 (Ansei 2), 1st month

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.5 x 36.6 cm (10 1/16 x 14 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1446

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichiyûsai Shigenobu ga
一幽斎重宣画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯正
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)