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「忠臣蔵 五段目」
Act V (Godanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura)
「忠臣蔵 五段目」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyōwa 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; 35.5 x 23 cm (14 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6473
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano et al., Chūshingura VII (Akō-shi, 2014), list #2-224, photo p. 136; Ukiyo-e shūka 3 (1978), list #380.5
DescriptionFrom a later edition without the poems or publisher's mark.
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.