Women’s Kabuki

Creator Name

Studio of Kano Takanobu

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

mid- to- late 1610s

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Screen

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Title

Women’s Kabuki

Creator

Studio of Kano Takanobu, Japanese, 1571–1618, Artist

Worktype

Paintings

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, silver, and gold leaf on paper

Dimensions

Image: 31 1/2 in. × 8 ft. 9 11/16 in. (80 × 268.4 cm) Overall: 36 in. × 9 ft. 2 5/16 in. (91.5 × 280.2 cm);
height: 80centimetre;
width: 268.4centimetre;
height: 91.5centimetre;
width: 280.2centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

mid- to- late 1610s

Provenance

Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift; Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation, Acquisitions, and The Camille M. Lownds Funds, 2017

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subject

Topic

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Studio of Kano Takanobu, Women’s Kabuki, mid- to- late 1610s, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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