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Utagawa Hiroshige
Kabuki Theatre Kawarazakiza1854, 3rd month

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Japanese woodblock print of a crowded street scene in front of a multi-story merchant building, figures in teal and gray robes, salmon sky, crescent moon
Japanese woodblock print depicting a busy theater district scene. A large building facade displays promotional banners with Japanese text and multicolored illustrated panels. Below, a crowd of figures in Edo-period dress fills the foreground, rendered in teal, blue, and gray tones with flat areas of color typical of ukiyo-e printmaking. A large hanging curtain with Japanese calligraphy is visible above the entrance.
Japanese woodblock print depicting a busy street scene before a two-story merchant building with dark tiled roofs, rows of paper lanterns, and hanging shop banners with Japanese text. Numerous figures in Edo-period dress fill the foreground; a pink dusk sky and vertical columns of Japanese calligraphy appear at upper right.

Utagawa Hiroshige, Kabuki Theatre Kawarazakiza, 1854, 3rd month, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Chuck Bowdlear, Ph.D., and John Borozan, M.A., photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige
Title
Kabuki Theatre Kawarazakiza
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1854, 3rd month
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Triptych; color woodblock prints
Dimensions
a) Right image: 14 x 9 11/16 in. (35.56 x 24.61 cm); a) Right sheet: 14 x 9 11/16 in. (35.56 x 24.61 cm); b) Center image: 13 15/16 x 9 11/16 in. (35.4 x 24.61 cm); b) Center sheet: 13 15/16 x 9 11/16 in. (35.4 x 24.61 cm); c) Left image: 14 1/16 x 9 11/16 in. (35.72 x 24.61 cm); c) Left sheet: 14 1/16 x 9 11/16 in. (35.72 x 24.61 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Chuck Bowdlear, Ph.D., and John Borozan, M.A.
Accession Number
M.2000.105.36a-c
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art