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The Theater-Loving Type (Shibai ga mita-sô), from the series Thirty-two Physiognomic Types in the Modern World (Tôsei sanjûni sô)


「当世三十弐相　しばゐが見た相」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nishinomiya Shinroku (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1820s
Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.5 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.492
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)