A Box at the Kabuki Theater, from the illustrated book "Guide to the Actors' Dressing Rooms (Yakusha gakuya tsu)"

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Title

A Box at the Kabuki Theater, from the illustrated book "Guide to the Actors' Dressing Rooms (Yakusha gakuya tsu)"

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1799

Medium

Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book

Dimensions

Left sheet: 19.5 × 24.1 cm (7 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Right sheet: 16.4 × 22.4 cm (6 1/2 × 8 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Charles F. Kelley Memorial Fund

Reference Number

1964.287

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