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Marks

seal: Hishikawa, Moronobu

Provenance

Gift-1879- prior history unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Oliver W. Peabody

Scenes from the Nakamura Kabuki Theater

  • Nakamuraza, Yoshiwara fûzoku zu byôbu
  • 中村座図屏風
  • Japanese, Edo period, Jôkyô to Genroku eras (1684–1704)
  • Attributed to Hishikawa Moronobu, Japanese, died 1694
Dimensions
139.8 x 355.2 cm (55 1/16 x 139 13/16 in.) Overall: 158 x 384 cm
Medium or Technique
One from a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gold-leafed paper
Classification
Paintings
Type
Screen
Catalogue Raisonné
KJM2-Ukiyo-036-(1); Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 1; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #3
Accession Number
79.468
Not on view

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