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The Night Attack in Act XI of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura), No. 8 from the series Eight Evenings (Hachigaseki)


「八ヶ夕 八 忠臣蔵」
Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 12.2 x 17 cm (4 13/16 x 6 11/16 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 NumberRES.54.87
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Utagawa Toyoharu ga
歌川豊春画
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)