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accession number:	1921.356
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Chushingura: Act VIII of The Storehouse of Loyalty, late 1790s. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.6 x 26.1 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.356

title:				Chushingura: Act VIII of The Storehouse of Loyalty
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creation date:			late 1790s
creation date earliest:		1797
creation date latest:		1799
current location:		
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: 36.6 x 26.1 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/4 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:		Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1934-09-05T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 5-October 28, 1934).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Master prints of Japan: ukiyo-e hanga</em>. Art Galleries, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angles, CA (Spring 1969).', 'opening_date': '1969-01-01T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(The Walpole Galleries, New York, NY, 1921 sale, lot 316)
	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

	Stern, Harold P. <em>Master Prints of Japan: Ukiyo-E Hanga</em>. New York: Abrams, 1969.
	page number: 	no. 117
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	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. 133, no. 207
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