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Act V (Godanme), from the series Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Uki-e Kanadehon Chûshingura)

about 1791–94 (Kansei 3–6)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ô-ôban; 30.9 x 43.7 cm (12 3/16 x 17 3/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession number54.302
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)
Eight-headed Dragon (Yamata no Orochi)
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
about 1809 (Bunka 6)
Tomoe Gozen
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
about 1787–90 (Tenmei 7–Kansei 2)
Matsuchiyama, from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
late 1780s--early 1790s