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Aug 14, 2014
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 喜多川 歌麿
(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
(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
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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.
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