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Interior View of the Nakamura Theater


中村座内外の図、内
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1805 (Bunka 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.2 x 77.7 cm (15 1/16 x 30 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Anonymous gift
Accession Number21.1531-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Matsushita, Nishiki-e ga kataru edo no shoku (2009), pp. 48-49; Shibai-e ni miru Edo Meiji no kabuki (Waseda, 2003), pp. 66-7 (upper half only); Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 3 (1982), #201 (complete hexaptych)
DescriptionTriptych (upper half of hexaptych 21.1531-6): 21.1531 (left), 21.1532 (center), 21.1533 (right)
Signed Ichiyôsai Utagawa Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
一陽斎歌川豊国画
Provenance1921, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: August 4, 1921)