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Ekanban Kanadehon Chûshingura
絵看板 仮名手本忠臣蔵
Theater signboard depicting scenes from the play The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chûshingura)
Ekanban Kanadehon Chûshingura
絵看板 仮名手本忠臣蔵
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) (Japanese, 1787–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
1830 (Bunsei 13)
Medium/Technique
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 165.7 x 372 cm (65 1/4 x 146 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7528
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 354(1)
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.
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.