Act I (Shodan), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers in Eleven Sheets (Chûshingura jûichimai tsuzuki)

「忠臣蔵十一枚続　初段」

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

late 1770s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.1 x 19.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Langenbach in memory of Charles Hovey Pepper

Accession Number54.1511

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #424, pl. 89

Signed Shunshô ga
春章画

Provenance1954, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Langenbach to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1954)