Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川 歌麿; c. 1753 – 31 October 1806).

Act III (Sandanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura).

Publisher Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô).

About 1801–02 (Kyôwa 1–2)

Vertical ôban; 39.3 x 26 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.).
Reference: MFA ACCESSION NUMBER 11.14441 Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #368.3; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 165.1.3; the series: Asano and Clark 1995, #s 383-5.