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仮名手本忠臣蔵十一段続
The Eleven Acts of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura jûichidan tsuzuki)
仮名手本忠臣蔵十一段続
Utagawa Sadafusa (Japanese, active 1825–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39429
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Akô Mus., Nishiki-e ni miru Chûshingura (1998), #5 (complete triptych)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych, showing Acts I to III. Signature and mark of publisher Ezakiya Tatsuzô on left sheet.
MFA impressions: 11.37240a-c (complete triptych), 11.39429 (right sheet only)
Based on an anonymous triptych attributed to Toyokuni I; see Bell, Chushingura (2001), pl. 18, and Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), pl. 120.
For another version, signed by Kunisada, see 00.1035a-c (complete triptych).
MFA impressions: 11.37240a-c (complete triptych), 11.39429 (right sheet only)
Based on an anonymous triptych attributed to Toyokuni I; see Bell, Chushingura (2001), pl. 18, and Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), pl. 120.
For another version, signed by Kunisada, see 00.1035a-c (complete triptych).
Signed
(Sadafusa ga, on left sheet only)
（貞房画）
（貞房画）
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
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.