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Chushingura: Act IV of The Storehouse of Loyalty

late 1790s

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Sheet: 38.2 x 25.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.311
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented color woodblock print depicts three women with light skin tones. In the foreground, a woman in a striped kimono kneels, pointing toward a tall vase where another woman in an ochre kimono arranges long leaves. To the left, a standing woman in a black patterned kimono carries a tray with two bottles. An inset in the upper right shows three additional figures inside a room.

Chushingura: Act IV of The Storehouse of Loyalty

late 1790s

Kitagawa Utamaro

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

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