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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Picture of a Crowded Theater Hosting Performance of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagamifourth month 1859

Not on view
Japanese woodblock triptych print depicting a crowded theater interior, with a tall central performer in a white patterned robe on a raised stage surrounded by crouching figures and packed audience galleries on both sides

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), Picture of a Crowded Theater Hosting Performance of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, fourth month 1859, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Title
Picture of a Crowded Theater Hosting Performance of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Date Made
fourth month 1859
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print triptych
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 27 3/4 in. (34.29 x 70.6 cm)
Credit Line
The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest
Accession Number
M.2006.136.291a-c
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art