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Scene Adapted from the play The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)

late 1790s

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 36.9 x 75 cm (14 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1043
Location: not on view
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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.
Scene Adapted from the play The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)

Scene Adapted from the play The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)

late 1790s

Kitagawa Utamaro

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)

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