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「仮名手本忠臣蔵 八段目」
Act VIII (Hachidanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura)
「仮名手本忠臣蔵 八段目」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1806 (Bunka 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.6 x 37.9 cm (10 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10258
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bell, Chushingura (2001), pl. 12; Hokusai: Bridging East and West (1998), #55; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 229, horizontal ôban #17.8; other prints in the series: TNM, Hokusai (2005), #s 167-170
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17584 (Izumiya), 11.26608 (no publisher's mark), 21.10258 (Izumiya)
From the second edition, published by Izumiya Ichibei, of a series first published by Tsuruya Kinsuke.
From the second edition, published by Izumiya Ichibei, of a series first published by Tsuruya Kinsuke.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.