Evening Glow on a Traveling Drama [Chinese watching a Kabuki play]

Creator Name

Utagawa Yoshitora

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

1st month, 1861

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

About the work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Woodblock print

Work details

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Title

Evening Glow on a Traveling Drama [Chinese watching a Kabuki play]

Creator

Utagawa Yoshitora, Japanese, active ca. 1850–80, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

Image: 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (36.8 x 25.1 cm);
height: 36.8301centimetre;
width: 25.0826centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

1st month, 1861

Provenance

Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Theatre; Men; Women; Actors

Topic

All Works in Curationist’s archives can be reproduced and used freely. How to attribute this Work:

Utagawa Yoshitora, Evening Glow on a Traveling Drama [Chinese watching a Kabuki play], 1st month, 1861, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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