id:			152544
accession number:	1985.360
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.360
updated:		2024-04-24 11:46:27.258000

Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, c. 1801–2. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper; sheet: 39.1 x 26.3 cm (15 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.360

title:				Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1801–2
creation date earliest:		1801
creation date latest:		1802
current location:		
creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
copyright:			

---

culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

* Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)  - artist

---

measurements: Sheet: 39.1 x 26.3 cm (15 3/8 x 10 3/8 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:		A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection
	opening date:   1988-09-14T04:00:00
	<i>A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017
	opening date:   2016-09-19T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 19, 2016-January 8, 2017).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>In the Nature of Materials - Japanese Decorative Arts</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1977).', 'opening_date': '1977-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'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'}

---

PROVENANCE

	Philippe R. Stoclet, consigned for sale at Sotheby & Co.
	date: ?-1965
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	(Sotheby & Co., May 1965 sale, lot 139)
	date: May 1965
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	Edith Ehrman, consigned for sale at Sotheby Parke Bernet
	date: 1965?-1975
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	(Sotheby Parke Bernet, June 17, 1975 sale, lot 122)
	date: June 17, 1975
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	(R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
	date: after 1975-?
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1985
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985-
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact:


digital description:


wall description:

---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

	“Checklist of the Kelvin Smith Bequest.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 75, no. 7, 1988, pp. 292–295.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 293
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25160040

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.360/1985.360_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.360/1985.360_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.360/1985.360_full.tif