Perspective Picture (Uki-e): Theater District at Dawn on Opening Day of the Kabuki Season

Creator Name

Utagawa Toyoharu

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

ca. 1780

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Title

Perspective Picture (Uki-e): Theater District at Dawn on Opening Day of the Kabuki Season

Creator

Utagawa Toyoharu, Japanese, 1735–1814, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

10 x 14 3/4 in. (25.4 x 37.5 cm);
height: 25.4centimetre;
width: 37.5centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

ca. 1780

Provenance

Rogers Fund, 1914

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Houses; Crowd

Topic

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Utagawa Toyoharu, Perspective Picture (Uki-e): Theater District at Dawn on Opening Day of the Kabuki Season, ca. 1780, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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