id: 103289 accession number: 1921.358 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.358 updated: 2023-08-30 11:08:00.326000 Chushingura: Act X 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 1921.358 title: Chushingura: Act X 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: Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection opening date: 1934-09-05T04:00:00 Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 5-October 28, 1934). title: Exhibition of the Month: Ways of Drawing Nudes opening date: 1945-01-30T04:00:00 Exhibition of the Month: Ways of Drawing Nudes. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-June 6, 1945). 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 30, 1984). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art Education Department, 1980: Japanese Woodblock Print: Themes and Techniques.
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 318) date: footnotes: citations: (Yamanaka & Co.) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Stage version: The hero Gohei bravely plants himself on a chest of armor and weapons to prevent government officials from discovering them before they are smuggled out of the house. He holds off the officials by claiming that the chest contains personal belongings of the lady of the house. Exposing these items would bring her humiliation and dishonor. See Chushingura: Perspective Picture for the "Treasure House of Loyalty" (1985.338.10). Parody print: Utamaro converted this moment of lofty bravery into one of humor. A drunkard guards a cask of sake to prevent the maid from opening it. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.358/1921.358_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.358/1921.358_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.358/1921.358_full.tif