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Act VII (Shichidanme), 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; 29.5 x 42.2 cm (11 5/8 x 16 5/8 in.)
Credit LineAsiatic Curator's Fund
Accession numberRES.49.143
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1949, purchased by the MFA from an unidentified source. (Accession Date: September 15, 1949)
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