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Scenes Suggesting The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura mitate), Act I to Act V

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 3rd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.8 cm (14 11/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.21138
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
Tsuba with design of carriage-wheel and grasses
Utagawa Shigetsugu
mid-late 17th century
Tsuba with design of two prancing horses
Utagawa Shigetsugu
18th century
Utagawa Shigetsugu
19th century
Fuchi-kashira with design of birds and waves
Yoshioka Shigetsugu
early to mid-19th century
The Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Treasure Boat
Utagawa Hiroshige I
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Sumô Wrestler Ônaruto Nadaemon of Awa Province (Ashû Ônaruto Nadaemon)
Utagawa Kuniaki II
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), intercalary 3rd month
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Sakama Jin'emon and Bandô Matsujirô as Umenosuke
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 10th month