id:			103284
accession number:	1921.353
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.353
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Chushingura: Act I of The Storehouse of Loyalty, late 1790s. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.2 x 25.4 cm (14 1/4 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.353

title:				Chushingura: Act I of The Storehouse of Loyalty
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creation date:			late 1790s
creation date earliest:		1797
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Gift from J. H. Wade
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	color woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 36.2 x 25.4 cm (14 1/4 x 10 in.)
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	inscription:	Artist's signature: Utamaro hitsu
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	inscription:	Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eiju han, emblem).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Transformations in Japanese Printmaking
	opening date:   1984-09-25T04:00:00
	<i>Transformations in Japanese Printmaking</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 30, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	unknown Collection, Paris, France, consigned to Walpole Gallery for sale
	date: ?–1921
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	(The Walpole Galleries, New York, NY, 1921 sale, lot 30)
	date: January 20, 1921
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	(Yamanaka & Co., sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1921
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1921–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	編集赤穂市教育委員会市史編さん室., and henshū Akō-shi Kyōiku Iinkai Shishi Hensanshitsu. 忠臣蔵. 第7卷. Edited by 赤穂市教育委員会. and Akō-shi Kyōiku Iinkai Shishi Hensanshitsu. Hyōgo-ken Akō-shi: 兵庫県赤穂市, 2014.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 132, no. 200
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IMAGES

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