/internal/media/dispatcher/977484/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailView of Theaters (Shibai no kôkei); Style of Nichô-machi in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Nichô-machi fû), from the series Pictorial Gathering of Remarkable Women of the Floating World (Ukiyo meijo zue)about 1821 (Bunsei 4)Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)Iseya Rihei (Kinjudō)Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 26.5 cm (15 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.156990Nichô-machi, literally "Two Districts," was a nickname for the theater district of Edo (also called shibai-machi) because it overlapped two different administrative units, Sakai-chô and Fukiya-chô.Prints38.200000000020823201