“Act II, Scene 5: At the Opera in Paris,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki

Creator Name

Adachi Ginkō

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

1879

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Title

“Act II, Scene 5: At the Opera in Paris,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki

Creator

Adachi Ginkō, Japanese, 1853–1902, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban

Dimensions

image: 14 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (36.2 × 24.1 cm);
height: 36.195072centimetre;
width: 24.130049centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

1879

Provenance

Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005

Style Period

Meiji period (1868–1912)

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Men; Women

Topic

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Adachi Ginkō, “Act II, Scene 5: At the Opera in Paris,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki, 1879, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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