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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.287
People
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Japanese (1797 - 1858)
Published by Aritaya Seiemon
Title
Act One (Daijo), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1843-1847 (Tenpō 14–Kōka 4)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/209071

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Technique
Woodblock print
Dimensions
horizontal ōban: H. 23.6 x W. 36 cm (9 2/7 x 14 1/6 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Hiroshige ga

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.287
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/22/2016 - 01/08/2017

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