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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)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1800 (Kansei 12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 24.8 cm (14 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6443
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #366.9; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 112.3.1
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.