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Superb Edo Pictures Illustrating Dances (Odori keiyô Edo-e no sakae): Interior of an Imaginary Theater with a Performance of Shibaraku

Superb Edo Pictures Illustrating Dances (Odori keiyô Edo-e no sakae): Interior of an Imaginary Theater with a Performance of Shibaraku

(Japanese, 1786–1864)
(Japanese)
1858 (Ansei 5), 7th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 37 × 74.3 cm (14 9/16 × 29 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession number2016.947a-c
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ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)
Fukuroi: (Actor Arashi Rikan III as) Tadanobu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
Fukuroi: (Actor Arashi Rikan III as) Tadanobu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month
Takanawa, between Nihonbashi and Shinagawa: (Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as) Yuranosuke, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), here called Tôkaidô
Takanawa, between Nihonbashi and Shinagawa: (Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as) Yuranosuke, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), here called Tôkaidô
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month
Ishiyama, from an untitled series of Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Ishiyama, from an untitled series of Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1825 (Bunsei 8)
Ryôgoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital: Illustration of the Prosperity of the River Opening (Tôto Ryôgoku-bashi, kawabiraki han'ei zu)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1858 (Ansei 5), 3rd month
Kannon-ji in Ômi Province, No. 32 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route Saikoku junrei sanjûniban Kanonji Ômi), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)
Kannon-ji in Ômi Province, No. 32 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route Saikoku junrei sanjûniban Kanonji Ômi), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1859 (Ansei 6)
Nan'endô in Nara, Yamato Province, No. 9 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei kyûban Washû Nara Nanendô), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)
Nan'endô in Nara, Yamato Province, No. 9 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei kyûban Washû Nara Nanendô), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1859 (Ansei 6)
Sumô Wrestler Onogawa Saisuke of Kurume
Sumô Wrestler Onogawa Saisuke of Kurume
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1857 (Ansei 4), 4th month
Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Agemaki's Sukeroku
Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Agemaki's Sukeroku
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month
Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV as Yasaku's Wife (Nyôbô) Okayo
Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV as Yasaku's Wife (Nyôbô) Okayo
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1858 (Ansei 5), 5th month
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Shimobe Shikazô
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Shimobe Shikazô
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 3rd month
Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Nagoya Sanza
Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Nagoya Sanza
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 3rd month
Beauty in Mountain Landscape
Beauty in Mountain Landscape
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1856 (Ansei 3), 1st month