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Acts III and IV of the New Theatrical Chûshingura Prints (Shinpan yakusha chûshingura, sandanme yodanme no zu)

(Japanese, 1769–1825)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ôban; 26.1 x 38.3 cm (10 1/4 x 15 1/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession numberRES.49.67
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1949, anonymous gift to the MFA.
Ishiyama, from an untitled series of Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1825 (Bunsei 8)
Sumô Wrestler Onogawa Saisuke of Kurume
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1857 (Ansei 4), 4th month
Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Agemaki's Sukeroku
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month
Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV as Yasaku's Wife (Nyôbô) Okayo
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1858 (Ansei 5), 5th month
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Shimobe Shikazô
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 3rd month