Honzo Presents Gifts for Moronao, Act 3 from the series Chushingura

Artist/Maker Utagawa Hiroshige I 初代目歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Datemid-1830s

MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

DimensionsHorizontal ōban; overall: 9 1/8 × 14 in. (23.2 × 35.6 cm)

Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest

PortfolioChushingura

Object number1950.1069

Status

Not on view

ProvenanceMary A. Ainsworth; by bequest 1950 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH

Collections

Asian

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