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The Night Attack of the Forty-seven Rônin (Yonjûshichi ki youchi)

The Night Attack of the Forty-seven Rônin (Yonjûshichi ki youchi)

「四十七倚夜討」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban triptych; 26.5 x 113.3 cm (10 7/16 x 44 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7604-6

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal ôban triptych #5

DescriptionTriptych: 21.7604 (left), 21.7605 (center), 21.7606 (right)

Signed Hiroshige ga (on left sheet only)
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

Provenance1913, 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.