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The Night Attack, Part 6: Offering Incense (Youchi roku, shôkô ba), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)


「忠臣蔵 夜討六 焼香場」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–39 (Tenpô 6–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.5 x 37.8 cm (10 1/16 x 14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9389
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Akô Mus., Nishiki-e ni miru Chûshingura (1998), #2; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #50.16; Tanba 1965, #442
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
ProvenanceFebruary 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.