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

Kitao Masayoshi

Cleveland Museum of Art

A traditional Japanese woodblock print depicting a scene from "Chushingura: Act IV". The print shows a group of people, men and women, wearing traditional Japanese clothing, kimonos, standing outside a large building with a tiled roof and a covered walkway. The people are gathered near a stone wall and a red torii gate-like structure, with a crowd of onlookers seated on a raised platform to the left. Inside the building, more people sit on a raised floor, on green mats. The background features trees, buildings, and a pinkish-gray sky. The print features black, red, and green colors. Japanese characters are written vertically on the right side.

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900 × 657 px
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