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Utagawa Hiroshige
Nakamuraza Kabuki Theatre1854, 2nd month

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Japanese woodblock print of a crowded street scene outside a large traditional building, figures in blue and teal robes, salmon-orange sky above dark tiled rooftop
Japanese woodblock print depicting the exterior of a kabuki theater, with crowds of figures in blue robes gathered in the foreground. Large illustrated signboards and hanging banners with Japanese text and mon crests decorate the facade; paper lanterns line the entrance.
Japanese woodblock print depicting a bustling street scene before a two-story merchant building with a dark tiled roof against an orange sky. Crowds of figures in Edo-period dress fill the foreground; paper lanterns and shop banners hang at the storefront. Vertical columns of Japanese calligraphy appear at upper right and lower right.
Artist or Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige
Title
Nakamuraza Kabuki Theatre
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1854, 2nd month
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Triptych; color woodblock prints
Dimensions
a) Right image: 13 7/8 x 9 9/16 in. (35.24 x 24.29 cm); a) Right sheet: 13 7/8 x 9 11/16 in. (35.24 x 24.61 cm); b) Center image: 14 x 9 13/16 in. (35.56 x 24.92 cm); b) Center sheet: 14 x 9 13/16 in. (35.56 x 24.92 cm); c) Left image: 13 15/16 x 9 5/8 in. (35.4 x 24.45 cm); c) Left sheet: 13 15/16 x 9 5/8 in. (35.4 x 24.45 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Chuck Bowdlear, Ph.D., and John Borozan, M.A.
Accession Number
M.2000.105.35a-c
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art