The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of July 13, 2026
Chushingura: Act IX of The Storehouse of Loyalty
late 1790s
Location: Not on view
Description
Stage version: In this dramatic scene depicted in Masayoshi’s stage version (see Chushingura: Perspective Picture for the "Treasure House of Loyalty" [1985.338.9]), Tonase prepares to kill her daughter Tonami with her husband’s sword and then to commit suicide. The dire moment results from the humiliating rejection of her daughter’s marriage contract. Fortunately, her husband, Honzo, dressed as an itinerant Buddhist priest, appears just in time to stop the tragedy. Parody print: In the parody print, Utamaro turned this dramatic event into a scene of domesticity in which the mother brushes her daughter’s hair. An itinerant priest, wearing a deep-brimmed basket hat, reads to them from the gate.- January 20, 1921(The Walpole Galleries, New York, NY, 1921 sale, lot 317)1921(Yamanaka & Co., sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1921–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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- {{cite web|title=Chushingura: Act IX of The Storehouse of Loyalty|url=false|author=Kitagawa Utamaro|year=late 1790s|access-date=13 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1921.357