Perspective Picture (Uki-e): Theater District at Dawn on Opening Day of the Kabuki Season, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1780, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 x 14 3/4 in. (25.4 x 37.5 cm), Prints, Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814), Like Broadway in New York, the Sakaichō and Fukiyachō quarters were the center of Edo's theater district, which was particularly lively on the night of kaomise, the opening ceremony of the Kabuki season
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Perspective Picture, Uki-e, Theater District, Dawn, Opening Day, Kabuki Season, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1780, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 10 x 14 3/4, 25.4 37.5 cm, Prints, Utagawa Toyoharu, Japanese, 1735–1814, Broadway, New York, Sakaichō, Fukiyachō quarters, center, Edo, theater district, particularly lively, night, kaomise, opening ceremony, season
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