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The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers and the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô: The Ôi River Crossing (Chûshingura gojûsan eki no uchi Ôikawa zu)

(Japanese, 1833–1904)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 10th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 36.7 × 74.2 cm (14 7/16 × 29 3/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1329a-c
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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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