This print illustrates Act Five of the "Chushingura" (Treasury of Loyal Retainers) — the dramatization of the forty-seven ronin incident — dated to around 1801–02. By this period, Utamaro was producing a series of prints illustrating the acts of the play, often using a mitate approach in which the theatrical characters are visualized through the conventions of [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) or depicted in domestic settings. The five-act mark is a pivotal moment in the play's narrative arc.
![A Low Class Prostitute (Gun [teppo]), from the series “Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter" ("Hokkoku goshiki-zumi") by Kitagawa Utamaro](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/ed82be98-8a83-4163-ccc4-e2f7210cce55/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
c. 1794/95
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1793
color woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Act Five from the series Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura: Go danme), Late Edo period, circa 1801-1802 was created by Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川歌麿).
Yes — Act Five from the series Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura: Go danme), Late Edo period, circa 1801-1802 is part of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers series by Kitagawa Utamaro.
Act Five from the series Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura: Go danme), Late Edo period, circa 1801-1802 depicts figures, kabuki, and warriors, set at Tokyo.
