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忠臣蔵
The Eleven Acts of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)
忠臣蔵
Utagawa Sadafusa (Japanese, active 1825–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 73.8 cm (14 3/8 x 29 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37240a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Akô Mus., Nishiki-e ni miru Chûshingura (1998), #5 (complete triptych)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37240a-c (complete triptych), 11.39429 (right sheet only)
Based on an anonymous triptych attributed to Toyokuni I; see Bell, Chushingura (2001), pl. 18, and Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), pl. 120.
For another version, signed by Kunisada, see 00.1035a-c (complete triptych).
Based on an anonymous triptych attributed to Toyokuni I; see Bell, Chushingura (2001), pl. 18, and Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), pl. 120.
For another version, signed by Kunisada, see 00.1035a-c (complete triptych).
Signed
Sadafusa ga (on center and left sheets)
貞房画
貞房画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.
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.