Scenes in the Entertainment District
Scenes in the Entertainment District
Scenes in the Entertainment District
Scenes in the Entertainment District
Scenes in the Entertainment District
Scenes in the Entertainment District
Scenes in the Entertainment District
Scenes in the Entertainment District
Scenes in the Entertainment District
Scenes in the Entertainment District
Scenes in the Entertainment District
Scenes in the Entertainment District
Scenes in the Entertainment District
Scenes in the Entertainment District

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Scenes in the Entertainment District,

17th century

Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2024-84 a-b
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Scenes in the Entertainment District

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Title
Scenes in the Entertainment District
Dates

17th century

Maker
Japanese
Medium
Pair of six-fold screens: ink and gold on paper
Dimensions
106.7 × 375.9 cm (42 × 148 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2024-84 a-b
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture
Edo (Japanese period), Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
folding (attribute)
Subject
figures (representations), entertaining

Private collection, Japan, until ca. 2019; [Oriental Fine Arts Yanagi Co., Ltd. (Mr. Koji Yanagi)], ca. 2019–2024; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2024.

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