Act XI of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers: The Night Attack (Chûshingura jûichi danme, youchi no zu) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Act XI of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers: The Night Attack (Chûshingura jûichi danme, youchi no zu)

Act XI of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers: The Night Attack (Chûshingura jûichi danme, youchi no zu)

「忠臣蔵十一段目」　「夜討之図」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.3 x 76.1 cm (14 11/16 x 29 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1077-9

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 00.1077 (right), 00.1078 (center), 00.1079 (left)

Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画

Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)