Scene Adapted from the play The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)
Kitagawa Utamaro
1797–1799
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 36.9 x 75 cm (14 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
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.
