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Parody of the Letter-reading Scene in Act VII of Chûshingura


見立忠臣蔵七段目
Eishôsai Chôki (Japanese, active about 1780–1810)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hashira-e; 62.9 x 11 cm (24 3/4 x 4 1/3 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.360
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #838?; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #485; Kawaura coll. cat. (1919), #308
Signed Chôki ga
長喜画
Marks No censor's seal
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)