Chushingura: Act I (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty)

Kitao Masayoshic. 1790s

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Title: Chushingura: Act I (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty)
Creator: Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1761-1824)
Date Created: c. 1790s
Physical Dimensions: Image: 30.5 x 43 cm (12 x 16 15/16 in.); with margins: 33.7 x 46.2 cm (13 1/4 x 18 3/16 in.)
Provenance: Merlin Dailey
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.338.1
Medium: color woodblock print
Inscriptions: Signature: Kitao Masayoshi ga Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (hammoto Toriaburacho Tsuruya, emblem) Censorship Seal: kiwame
Department: Japanese Art
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
Credit Line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Collection: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 1985.338.1

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