The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 10, 2026

A vertically oriented color woodblock print depicts a woman in a tan and orange robe bowing toward a man in green robes and a black cap. He holds a cup and tray before a screen showing a crane and red sun. At the upper left, another woman peers from behind a frame, while a top-right inset shows three figures. In the foreground, a drum and bag rest near black calligraphy at the bottom.

Chushingura: Act I of The Storehouse of Loyalty

late 1790s

Kitagawa Utamaro

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 36.2 x 25.4 cm (14 1/4 x 10 in.)
Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.353
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1921
    unknown Collection, Paris, France, consigned to Walpole Gallery for sale
    January 20, 1921
    (The Walpole Galleries, New York, NY, 1921 sale, lot 30)
    1921
    (Yamanaka & Co., sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1921–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • 編集赤穂市教育委員会市史編さん室., and henshū Akō-shi Kyōiku Iinkai Shishi Hensanshitsu. 忠臣蔵. 第7卷. Edited by 赤穂市教育委員会. and Akō-shi Kyōiku Iinkai Shishi Hensanshitsu. Hyōgo-ken Akō-shi: 兵庫県赤穂市, 2014. Reproduced: p. 132, no. 200
  • Transformations in Japanese Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 30, 1984).
  • {{cite web|title=Chushingura: Act I of The Storehouse of Loyalty|url=false|author=Kitagawa Utamaro|year=late 1790s|access-date=10 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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