PrintsJapanese

The Interior of a Kabuki Theater

c. 1799

Artists

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国Artist

Description

Right sheet of triptych: 1933.4.740 (right), 1933.4.741 (center), 1933.4.742 (left)

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

vertical ōban: H. 37.4 × W. 24.2 cm (14 3/4 × 9 1/2 in.)

Related Artworks

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color, metallic pigment and embossing on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

"Prints by Munakata: Treasured Things" (Munakata hanga aizen hin)

Munakata Shikō 棟方志功, 20th century

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Foreigners from the Five Nations enjoying a banquet

Utagawa Yoshikazu, Late Edo period, circa 1861

Left sheet from a Yokohama woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Perspective View of Dancers in an Interior

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" diptych; ink and color on paper

Japanese

Prints

Soga brothers (Soga Kyōdai: Soga monogatari), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poems by Hana Someemon and Harunoya Narutake

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821-1822

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakutei"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Travellers at Hiratsuka

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "kokonotsu-giri ban" format; Ink and color on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Elegant Sites of the Capital at a Glance (Teito gakei ichiran), 3rd of 4 Volumes

Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳, Late Edo period, 1809-1816

Woodblock printed book; ink and light color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Maiko, Kyoto (B)

Saitō Kiyoshi 斉藤清, 1959

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Urashima Tarō and the Tortoise, from the series Five Pictures of Symbols of Longevity (Kotobuki goban no uchi)

Yanagawa Shigenobu, Edo period, circa 1823-1826

Ukiyo-e woodblock printed surimono in "shikishi" format; ink, color and embossing on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Fuji from the Tea Plantation of Katakura in Suruga Province (Sunshū Katakura chaen no Fuji), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1831

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper; with printed signature reading: "zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Kusunoki Masashige, from the series Twenty-Four Generals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika nijūshishō)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color, mica, metallic pigment and embossing on paper

19th centuryJapanese