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New Series of the Eleven Acts of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Shin Chûshingura jûichidan tsuzuki)


「しん忠臣蔵十一段続」
Utagawa Kunitoshi (Japanese, 1847–1899)
Publisher: Sawaki Kinjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1877 (Meiji 10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44657
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe title and artist's signature are partly cut off at the top and so are not completely legible.
Sawaki Kinjirô
Signed Kunitoshi ... (partly torn off)
国利ヵ
Marks No blockcutter's mark
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.