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Act VIII (Hachidanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)


「忠臣蔵 八段目」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–39 (Tenpô 6–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.5 x 37.1 cm (10 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1084
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Akô Mus., Nishiki-e ni miru Chûshingura (1998), #2; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #50.08; Tamba (Tanba), Hiroshige Ichidai (1965), #434; Tamba (Tanba), Ukiyo-e Edo kara Hakone made (1963), #273
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1084, 21.9380, 21.9381
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross