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Scene Adapted from the play The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)
Utamarolate 1790s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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- Title: Scene Adapted from the play The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)
- Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
- Date Created: late 1790s
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 36.9 x 75 cm (14 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.)
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1043
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Bequest of James Parmelee
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1940.1043
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