View of the Kabuki Theaters at Sakai-cho on Opening Day of the New Season (Sakai-cho Shibai no Zu), from the series, "Toto Meisho"

Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese

ca. 1838

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東都名所　二丁町芝居の図
Title: View of the Kabuki Theaters at Sakai-cho on Opening Day of the New Season (Sakai-cho Shibai no Zu), from the series, "Toto Meisho"
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo))
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1838
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (25.7 x 37.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918
Object Number: JP597
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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