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Act I (Daijo), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura)


「仮名手本忠臣蔵 大序」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 76.5 cm (14 3/4 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26970-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (2014), list #2-671, photo p. 185
DescriptionTriptych: 11.26970 (right), 11.26971 (center), 11.26972 (left)
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame (on center sheet only)
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: August 3, 1911)

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.