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Chushingura: Act II of The Storehouse of Loyalty by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Chushingura: Act II of The Storehouse of Loyalty

Chushingura: Act II of The Storehouse of Loyalty

Kitagawa Utamaro

1797–1799

Medium: color woodblock print
Dimensions: Sheet: 36.2 x 25.8 cm (14 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Genre: print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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