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Act XII (Jûnidanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chûshingura)

(Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ôban; 25 × 36.9 cm (9 13/16 × 14 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1273
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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