id:			103288
accession number:	1921.357
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.357
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Chushingura: Act IX 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 1921.357

title:				Chushingura: Act IX 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: 36.6 x 26.1 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Aritst'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

* {'description': '<em>In the Nature of Materials, Japanese Decorative Arts</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 18-February 27, 1977).', 'opening_date': '1977-01-18T05:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).', 'opening_date': '2004-12-12T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(The Walpole Galleries, New York, NY, 1921 sale, lot 317)
	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. 133, no. 208
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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.357/1921.357_full.tif