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Night Attack Finale, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers


Utagawa Kunisada as Toyokuni III, Night Attack Finale, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers, 1859, color woodblock print with embossing on paper; ōban nishiki-e, Gift of Mrs. Eugene Rockey, public domain, 77.37.1

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Title

Night Attack Finale, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers

Related Titles

catalog entry: Youchi hikitori taibi (Night Attack Finale), from the series Chûshingura e-kyôdai (Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

original language: 忠臣蔵絵兄弟 夜討引取大尾

series (translated): Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers

series (transliterated): Chûshingura e-kyôdai

translated: Night Attack Finale

transliterated: Youchi hikitori taibi

Artist

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1864)

Related People

publisher: Moriya Jihei (Japanese, active mid-19th century)

Date

1859

Period

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

Medium

color woodblock print with embossing on paper; ōban nishiki-e

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 13 3/4 in x 10 13/16 in; sheet: 13 3/4 in x 10 9/16 in

Inscriptions & Markings

publisher's mark: 森 馬弐 森治, printed in black ink within vertical rectangular cartouche, lower center Transliteration: Mori, Ba Ni, Moriji Language: Japanese Description: seal of the publisher Moriya Jihei (Kinshindō)

signature: 豊国画, printed in black ink within orange Toshidama (年玉枠) cartouche, lower right Transliteration (Translation): Toyokuni ga (picture by Toyokuni) Language: Japanese

censor's mark: 未正改, printed in black ink within circular cartouche, lower right, within block Transliteration (Translation): hitsuji shô aratame (examined at New Year's in the year of the goat) Language: Japanese

inscription: 忠臣蔵絵兄弟, printed in black ink within orange vertical cartouche, upper center Transliteration (Translation): Chûshingura e-kyôdai (Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) Language: Japanese

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Traditional Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Eugene Rockey

Accession Number

77.37.1

Copyright

public domain

Terms

Edo

Japanese woodblock prints

nishiki-e

oban

relief printing

relief prints

woodcuts

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