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

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Act I (Shodan), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)

Act I (Shodan), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)

「忠臣蔵　初段」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1800 (Kansei 12)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.1 x 26.7 cm (15 x 10 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6477

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (Akô-shi, 2014), list #2-177, photo p. 128; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #366.1

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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.