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「仮名手本忠臣蔵 大序」「仮名手本忠臣蔵 二段目」「仮名手本忠臣蔵 三段目」「仮名手本忠臣蔵 四段目」
Acts I to IV, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura, daijo, nidanme, sandanme, yodanme)
「仮名手本忠臣蔵 大序」「仮名手本忠臣蔵 二段目」「仮名手本忠臣蔵 三段目」「仮名手本忠臣蔵 四段目」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Four vertical yotsugiri on uncut vertical ôban sheet; 35.6 × 23.5 cm (14 × 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41415
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe complete series: 11.41414 to 11.41416.
Signed
Môsai ga (on each design)
孟斎画
孟斎画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
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.
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.