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「忠臣蔵 三段目」
Act III (Sandanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)
「忠臣蔵 三段目」
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 ôban; 35.8 x 23.7 cm (14 1/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6472
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (Akô-shi, 2014), list #2-222, photo p. 136; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #380.3
DescriptionFrom a later edition without the poems or publisher's mark.
MFA impressions: 06.596, 21.6472
MFA impressions: 06.596, 21.6472
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.