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「忠臣蔵 九段目」
Act IX (Kudanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)
「忠臣蔵 九段目」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical aiban; 32.3 x 22.3 cm (12 11/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.594
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (2014), list #2-228, photo p. 137; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #380.9
DescriptionFrom a later edition without the poems or publisher's mark.
MFA impressions: 06.594, 21.6474
MFA impressions: 06.594, 21.6474
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross