Amusements of Kabuki Actors of the “Third Floor” [Dressing Room] (Yakusha sangaikyō), by Shikitei Sanba 俳優三階興

Creator Name

Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国一世

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

1801

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Illustrated book

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Title

Amusements of Kabuki Actors of the “Third Floor” [Dressing Room] (Yakusha sangaikyō), by Shikitei Sanba 俳優三階興

Creator

Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国一世, Japanese, 1769–1825, Artist

Worktype

Illustrated Books

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Set of polychrome woodblock-printed books; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

8 1/2 × 6 in. (21.6 × 15.2 cm);
height: 21.590044centimetre;
width: 15.24003centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

1801

Provenance

Rogers Fund, 1918

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

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Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Men; Actors

Topic

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Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国一世, Amusements of Kabuki Actors of the “Third Floor” [Dressing Room] (Yakusha sangaikyō), by Shikitei Sanba 俳優三階興, 1801, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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