/internal/media/dispatcher/1089358/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe First Month: New Year Visits in Nichô-machi (Shôgatsu nichô-machi nenrei no zu), from the series Actors in the Twelve Months (Yakusha jûni tsuki)1809 (Bunka 6)Utagawa Toyokuni IEzakiya Kichibei (Tenjudō)Vertical ôban; 38.3 x 24.9 cm (15 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.225080Right sheet of incomplete triptych.
Nichô-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.Prints38.300000000021510501