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Act I (Daijo), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)

(Japanese, 1826–1869)
1855 (Ansei 2), 1st month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ôban; 37.3 x 25.2 cm (14 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1449
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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