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Nakamuraza, Yoshiwara fûzoku zu byôbu
中村座図屏風
Scenes from the Nakamura Kabuki Theater
Nakamuraza, Yoshiwara fûzoku zu byôbu
中村座図屏風
Attributed to: Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, died 1694)
Japanese
Edo period
Jôkyô (1684 -88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
Medium/Technique
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gold-leafed paper
Dimensions
139.8 x 355.2 cm (55 1/16 x 139 13/16 in.)
Overall: 158 x 384 cm
Overall: 158 x 384 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Oliver W. Peabody
Accession Number79.468
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), pp. 156-7; Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 1; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 36 (1); Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #3
Marks
seal: Hishikawa, Moronobu
ProvenanceGift-1879- prior history unknown