1933.4.623: Perspective Picture of the Sakai-chō Theater, Edo (Uki-e Edo Sakai-chō shibai no zu)
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.4.623
- People
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Rekisentei Eiri 礫川亭永理 (鳥橋斎栄里), Japanese (active 1790 - 1800)
Published by Izumiya Ichibei 和泉屋市兵衛
- Title
- Perspective Picture of the Sakai-chō Theater, Edo (Uki-e Edo Sakai-chō shibai no zu)
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 浮絵 江戸堺町芝居之図
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- mid 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/208363
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- horizontal ōban: H. 26.2 cm x W. 38.5 cm (10 5/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: (printed) Rekesentei Eiri ga
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
- Accession Year
- 1933
- Object Number
- 1933.4.623
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The print depicts interior of the Sakaichō Theater (Ukie Edo Sakai-cho Shibai no zu) with the actor (possibly Ichikawa Danjūrō the 5th) as the hero in Shibaraku coming down the ramp.
Publication History
- Theodore Robert Bowie and James T. Kenney, Art of the Surimono, exh. cat., Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington, IN, 1979), Cat. No. 071 / p. 120
- Donald Jenkins, The Floating Word Revisited, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR, 1993), pp. 226-227 / Cat. No. V-7
Exhibition History
Verification Level
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