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Act III (Sandanme), from the series The Chûshingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties: A set of Twelve Prints (Kômei bijin mitate Chûshingura jûnimai tsuzuki)


「高名美人見たて忠臣蔵 三だんめ」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Ômiya Gonkurô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1797–98 (Kansei 9–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 25.3 cm (14 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6538
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bell, Chushingura (2001), pl. 33; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #300.3, pl. 152; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 160.1.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #210; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #118
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenanceJune 23, 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Sotheby's; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.