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


「忠臣蔵 八段目」
Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1790s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26 x 18.9 cm (10 1/4 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19343
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #656; Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), pl. 137
Signed Shun'ei ga
春英画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.