Act IX from the series The Loyal League of Forty Seven Rōnin Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Medium

Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print

Dimensions

9 3/4 × 14 1/4 in. (24.8 × 36.2 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1950.509

Geography
Culture
Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

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Provenance

Provenance

Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York, to 1950; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Marks

Publisher's seal mark: Edo Shiba Sen’ichi ban 江戸芝泉市版 (square, relief, lower left) identified as Izumiya Ichibei 和泉屋市兵衛\r\nCensor’s seal mark: Kiwame 極 (round relief, lower left, above the publisher’s mark)\r\n

Inscriptions

Chūshingura ku dan me 忠臣蔵 九段目 (upper right)

Signed

“Hiroshige ga” (“painted by Hiroshige”) 廣重画 (lower right)

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