Cleveland Museum of Art
Scene Adapted from the play The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)
Kitagawa Utamaro
- Date
- late 1790s
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This is a scene from the most popular work in Japanese theater, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers. A tale of loyalty and revenge, it is based on a historical event that took place during 1701-1703.
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