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Exterior View of the Nakamura Theater


中村座内外の図、外
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; 38.5 x 76.9 cm (15 3/16 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Anonymous gift
Accession Number21.1534-6
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints (2010), pp. 228-9 (lower half only); Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 3 (1982), #201 (complete hexaptych)
DescriptionTriptych (lower half of hexaptych 21.1531-6): 21.1534 (left), 21.1535 (center), 21.1536 (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)