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accession number:	1921.353
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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:	Signature: Utamaro hitsu
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 Paris Collection (sale: Walpole Galleries, January 21, 1921, lot 30)
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	(Yamanaka & Co.)
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