Scene from a Kabuki Play

Object Details

• Artist

  Utagawa Kuniteru 歌川国輝 (active ca. 1820-1860)

• Description

  This print shows a night scene in which a man is being dragged feet first toward the viewer.

• Provenance

  From at least 1952 to 1993

  Mr. and Mrs. Larsen., collected in Japan during the Occupation. [1]

  From 1993

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mrs. Verda Larsen. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Mr. and Mrs. Verda Larsen collected this woodblock print during their stay in Japan during the Occupation.

  [2] See object record.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Verda Larsen

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Verda M. Larsen

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Larsen, Verda

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Theater, Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e, Triptych

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints