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Stage version: The hero Gohei bravely plants himself on a chest of armor and weapons to prevent government officials from discovering them before they are smuggled out of the house. He holds off the officials by claiming that the chest contains personal belongings of the lady of the house. Exposing these items would bring her humiliation and dishonor. See <em>Chushingura: Perspective Picture for the "Treasure House of Loyalty" </em>(<a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.338.10">CMA 1985.338.10</a>). Parody print: Utamaro converted this moment of lofty bravery into one of humor. A drunkard guards a cask of sake to prevent the maid from opening it.
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103289
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Chushingura: Act X of The Storehouse of Loyalty
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print
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103289
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print
title
Chushingura: Act X of The Storehouse of Loyalty
description
Stage version: The hero Gohei bravely plants himself on a chest of armor and weapons to prevent government officials from discovering them before they are smuggled out of the house. He holds off the officials by claiming that the chest contains personal belongings of the lady of the house. Exposing these items would bring her humiliation and dishonor. See <em>Chushingura: Perspective Picture for the "Treasure House of Loyalty" </em>(<a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.338.10">CMA 1985.338.10</a>). Parody print: Utamaro converted this moment of lofty bravery into one of humor. A drunkard guards a cask of sake to prevent the maid from opening it.
date
late 1790s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79506156
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23355
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Print
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Sheet: 36.6 x 26.1 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
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1921.358
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color woodblock print
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Chushingura: Act X of The Storehouse of Loyalty, late 1790s. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.6 x 26.1 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade, 1921.358
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Japanese Art
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Artist's signature: Utamaro hitsu.
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1
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Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eiju han, emblem).
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2
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citation
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.
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Reproduced: p. 134, no. 209
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Gift from J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:34:43.426000
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103289
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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color woodblock print
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male
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photo
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