The Loyal League of Forty-seven Rōnin (Chūshingura), Act V

1855

Medium: Woodblock print in ink and color on paper
Dimensions: without mounting: 9 × 13 9/16 in. (22.9 × 34.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libertson
Accession Number: 2001.144.5
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: Prints
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Provenance

Herbert Libertson and Roni Neuer (Ronin Gallery), New York; gift in 2001 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Inscriptions

Seal: "Fujikei" (abbreviation of Fujiokaya Keisuke) to the right of the signature; "Aratame" (inspector's seal "examined")

Signed

"Ichiyusai Shigenobu ga (painted by)," the name that was used before he married Hiroshige's daughter in 1858 upon the master's death and he assumed the Hiroshige II. About 1865 his marriage was dissolved and then again he began using his old name "Shigenobu."

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