1933.4.623: Perspective Picture of the Sakai-chō Theater, Edo (Uki-e Edo Sakai-chō shibai no zu)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.623

People

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

print

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

• 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

• A Colloquium in the Visual Arts , Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022

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