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忠臣蔵夜討之図
The Night Attack in the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura youchi no zu)
忠臣蔵夜討之図
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1827–30 (Bunsei 10–Tenpô 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.4 cm (14 9/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38072
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db (complete triptych); Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T13
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych; title on right sheet, mark of publisher Kagaya Kichiemon on left sheet.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
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.