Comic Theater
Comic Theater

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Comic Theater,

before 1889

Utagawa Kunimasa IV 歌川国政, 1848–1920
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2011-100

Information

Title
Comic Theater
Dates

before 1889

Maker
Utagawa Kunimasa IV 歌川国政
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
each sheet trimmed to block: 35.5 x 70.5 cm. (14 x 27 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Kimberly Maroon from the collection of Joseph M. Imbimbo
Object Number
2011-100
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
signed: Kōchōrō Hōsai 香朝樓豊斎
Inscription
Cartouche 1: 妹脊山御殿之場 Cartouche 2: 市村座二月狂言
Culture
Japanese
Period
modern Japanese periods
Type
japanese printmaking styles, triptychs, oban, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
figures (representations), actors, men, theaters, women

– Joseph M. Imbimbo, by inheritance to granddaughter, Kimberly Maroon (Allston, MA).
–2011 Kimberly Maroon (Allston, MA), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2011.

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