Lord Ashikaga Tadayoshi at the Tsurugaoka Shrine in Act I of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura daijo)

仮名手本忠臣蔵　大序　「足利直義公」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1849–52 (Kaei 2–5)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 24.7 cm (14 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.2538

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T248, and p. 30, fig. 28 (complete triptych)

DescriptionLeft sheet of an incomplete triptych, with the title on the right sheet.

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし