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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

The Night Attack in Chûshingura (Chûshingura youchi no zu)


「忠臣蔵夜討之図」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 x 49.2 cm (14 3/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36338a-b
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionLeft and center sheets of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 11.27059-61, 11.36290a-c (complete triptych), *11.36338a-b (left and center sheets only; deaccessioned in 2019)
Signed Shigenobu ga (right sheet), Ichiryûsai mon Shigenobu ga (left sheet)
重宣画 一立斎門重宣画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.