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The Theater District (Nichô-machi), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei no uchi)


「江戸八景ノ内 二丁町」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1821 (Bunsei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 24.7 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Thorvald S. Ross
Accession NumberRES.52.58
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-19, photo p. 156; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 3, British Museum III (1987), pl. 12 (this design not illustrated); other prints in the series: Seikado, Kunisada (exh. cat., 1996), #s 84-85
DescriptionNichô-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.
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極