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「忠臣蔵夜討大手ノ義士廿四人搦手ノ義士廿三人弐国橋会合図」
The Night Attack in The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers: The Twenty-four Major Retainers and the Twenty-three Minor Retainers Assemble at Ryôgoku Bridge (Chûshingura youchi ôte no gishi nijûyonin karamete no gishi nijûsannin Ryôgoku-bashi ni kaigô zu)
「忠臣蔵夜討大手ノ義士廿四人搦手ノ義士廿三人弐国橋会合図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 76.6 cm (14 3/4 x 30 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40107a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (2014), list #2-694, photo p. 191
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
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.