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Utagawa Kuniteru II

Flowers of Tokyo: Bustling opening of the three kabuki theaters in Saruwaka-cho (Tokyo hana saruwaka sanro hanei kaikan zu), 1871.11

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Kuniteru II, 1830-1874, Japanese
  • Daikokuya Kinosuke shi, publisher

Title

Flowers of Tokyo: Bustling opening of the three kabuki theaters in Saruwaka-cho (Tokyo hana saruwaka sanro hanei kaikan zu)

Year

1871.11

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Overall: 35.4 x 73 cm (13 15/16 x 28 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Oju (by commission) Ichiyosai Kuniteru ga

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs

Object Number

1997.90.12

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Edo Theater

January 18 - May 18, 2008

Saruwaka Street, located near the Asakusa Kannon Temple in Tokyo (formerly Edo), was the home of the three licensed kabuki theaters beginning in 1841-42. Here you see the Nakamura, Ichimura, and Morita theaters, with each entrance marked by a canopy with large advertisements, including banners of actors hung above the door. Crowds fill the streets as the theatrical season begins in the eleventh lunar month of 1871.

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Flowers of Tokyo: Bustling opening of the three kabuki theaters in Saruwaka-cho, 1871.11

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