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Act I (Shodan), from the series Matched Pictures for The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura ekyôdai)

1859 (Ansei 6), 1st month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.2 cm (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.812
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)
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