“Act II, Scene 5: At the Opera in Paris,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki

Creator Name

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

1879

About the work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Print

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Title

“Act II, Scene 5: At the Opera in Paris,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki

Creator

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光, Japanese, active 1874–97, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

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

Dimensions

image: 14 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (36.2 × 24.1 cm);
height: 36.195072centimetre;
width: 24.130049centimetre

Technique

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Language

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Date

1879

Provenance

Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005

Style Period

Meiji period (1868–1912)

Rights

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Public Domain

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Subjects

Men; Women

Topic

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