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The Letter-reading Scene in Act VII of Chûshingura


仮名手本忠臣蔵 七段目
Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hashira-e; 69.8 x 12 cm (27 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8374
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 259, #H-2; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 10, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, I (1988), fig. 69; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #464; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #720
Signed Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画
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.