id: 103288 accession number: 1921.357 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.357 updated: 2022-03-16 09:00:18.383000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1790s creation date earliest: 1797 creation date latest: 1799 current location: creditline: Gift from J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: color woodblock print department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 36.6 x 26.1 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signature: Utamaro hitsu Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eiju han, emblem) translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Transformations in Japanese Printmaking opening date: 1984-09-25T04:00:00 Transformations in Japanese Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 16, 1984). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, 1977: In the Nature of Materials - Japanese Decorative Arts.
Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections". --- PROVENANCE (sale: Walpole Galleries, 1921, lot 317) date: footnotes: citations: (Yamanaka & Co.) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Stage version: In this dramatic scene depicted in Masayoshi’s stage version (see Chushingura: Perspective Picture for the "Treasure House of Loyalty" [1985.338.9]), Tonase prepares to kill her daughter Tonami with her husband’s sword and then to commit suicide. The dire moment results from the humiliating rejection of her daughter’s marriage contract. Fortunately, her husband, Honzo, dressed as an itinerant Buddhist priest, appears just in time to stop the tragedy. Parody print: In the parody print, Utamaro turned this dramatic event into a scene of domesticity in which the mother brushes her daughter’s hair. An itinerant priest, wearing a deep-brimmed basket hat, reads to them from the gate. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.357/1921.357_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.357/1921.357_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.357/1921.357_full.tif