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The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura)

The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura)

「仮名手本忠臣蔵」

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Okazawaya Taheiji (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1857 (Ansei 4), 9th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.4 × 75.4 cm (14 5/16 × 29 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016

Accession Number2016.1389a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Shigenobu ga (on left sheet only)
重宣画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳九
彫師：なし

ProvenanceJustine Frances Lewis Keidel (d. 2003), Baltimore, MD; 2003, bequeathed by Justine Frances Lewis Keidel to her daughter, Anne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)