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The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura)

(Japanese, 1826–1869)
1857 (Ansei 4), 9th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 36.4 × 75.4 cm (14 5/16 × 29 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession number2016.1389a-c
On View
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ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceJustine Frances Lewis Keidel (d. 2003), Baltimore, MD; 2003, bequeathed by Justine Frances Lewis Keidel to her daughter, Anne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)
Shiba Shinmei Shrine, from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)
1858 (Ansei 5), 10th month