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The sophisticated life style in cities such as Tokyo and Kyoto supported a flourishing theater district, with theaters featuring the dance-drama known as kabuki, first performed in the early seventeenth century.
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Title: Kabuki actor
Date: ca. 1700
Culture: Japanese, for European market
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Hizen ware; Imari type)
Dimensions: Height: 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain-Export
Credit Line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
Accession Number: 1995.268.235
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