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Lifesized Dolls (Iki ningyô) in the 11th Act of Chûshingura


忠臣蔵十一段目の生人形
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 25.7 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1081
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete diptych or triptych.
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰三
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)