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「忠臣蔵焼香ノ図」
The Incense-offering Scene from The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura shôkô no zu)
「忠臣蔵焼香ノ図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 x 75.6 cm (14 1/16 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42917a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (2014), list #2-696, photo p. 191
Signed
Ôju Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on right sheet); Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on left sheet); center sheet unsigned
応需香蝶楼国貞画 香蝶楼国貞画
応需香蝶楼国貞画 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.