Act VIII: The bride's journey, from the series The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
Katsukawa Shun'ei, Act VIII: The bride's journey, from the series The Treasury of Loyal Retainers, early 1790s, color woodblock print on paper; chūban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.170
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- Title
Act VIII: The bride's journey, from the series The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
- Related Titles
catalog entry: Hachidanme (Act VIII: The bride's journey), from the series Chûshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers)
original language: 忠臣蔵 八段目
series (translated): The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
series (transliterated): Chûshingura
- Artist
- Related People
publisher: Nishimura Yohachi (Japanese, active mid-19th century)
- Date
early 1790s
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; chūban nishiki-e
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
sheet: 10 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature/maker's mark: 春英画, printed in black ink, lower right, within block Transliteration (Translation): Shun'ei ga (picture by Shun'ei) Language: Japanese
publisher's mark: 永寿板, printed in black ink, lower right, within block Transliteration: Eiju han Language: Japanese Description: seal of the publisher Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô)
inscription: 忠臣蔵 八段目, printed in black ink within vertical rectangular cartouche, upper left, within block Transliteration (Translation): Chûshingura hachidanme (Chûshingura, act VIII) Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection
- Accession Number
32.170
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
