Act V (Dai godanme), from the series Newly Published Perspective Pictures of Chûshingura (Shinpan uki-e Chûshingura)

「新版浮絵忠臣蔵　第五段目」

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1803–05 (Kyôwa 3–Bunka 2)

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

Dimensions Horizontal aiban; 23 x 32.4 cm (9 1/16 x 12 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund

Accession NumberRES.49.122

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné TNM Ukiyo-e 2005, #55; Hokusai: Bridging East and West (1998), #43; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 228, horizontal aiban #1.5

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17614, RES.49.122

Signed Kakô ga
可候画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

Provenance1949, purchased by the MFA from an unidentified source. (Accession Date: September 15, 1949)