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Act V (Godanme), from the series Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Uki-e Kanadehon Chûshingura)


「浮絵仮名手本忠臣蔵 五段目」
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai) (Japanese, 1764–1824)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1791–94 (Kansei 3–6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ô-ôban; 30.9 x 43.7 cm (12 3/16 x 17 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.302
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 7 (1980), #185; Ukiyo-e taikei 3 (1976), #76; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #1393; Ukiyo-e taisei 6 (1930), #23
DescriptionMFA impressions: 54.302, RES.33.210
Signed Kitao Masayoshi ga
北尾政美画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)