Chushingura: Act VIII (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty)

c. 1790s

Kitao Masayoshi

Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1761–1824)

Japanese Art

Chushingura: Act VIII (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty), c. 1790s. Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1761–1824). Color woodblock print; image: 30.5 x 42.9 cm (12 x 16 7/8 in.); with margins: 33.5 x 45.8 cm (13 3/16 x 18 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.338.8

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Kitao Masayoshi
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: color woodblock print
Medium: color, woodblock, print
Dimensions: Image: 30.5 x 42.9 cm (12 x 16 7/8 in.); with margins: 33.5 x 45.8 cm (13 3/16 x 18 1/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Signature: Kitao Masayoshi ga Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (hammoto Toriaburacho Tsuruya, emblem) Censorship Seal: kiwame
Departments: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 1985.338.8
Credit Line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Exhibitions: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.
Rights Statement: CC0