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Act IV (Yodanme), Act V (Godanme), and Act VI (Rokudanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)


「忠臣蔵 四段目」 「忠臣蔵 五段目」 「忠臣蔵 六段目」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Three uncut sanchôgake designs on horizontal ôban sheet; 23.7 x 34.8 cm (9 1/3 x 13 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund
Accession Number53.441
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 239, sanchôgake #3 (individual designs not listed)
DescriptionThe complete series of twelve designs on four uncut sheets: 53.440-3
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1953, sold by Warren E. Cox to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 14, 1953)