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「忠臣蔵」（鳥羽絵） 大序
Toba-e Cartoon: Act I, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)
「忠臣蔵」（鳥羽絵） 大序
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835 (Tenpô 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 11.3 x 17.1 cm (4 7/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44311
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hiraki Mus., Hiroshige no giga (2023), #63; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 233, horizontal yotsugiri #29 (says 12 prints in set, but we have 13); Tanba 1965, #488
Signed
Hiroshige kyôga
広重狂画
広重狂画
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.