Narita-san kaicho sankei gunshu no dzu (Crowds Visiting the Special Display at Narita Temple)

Description

Part of a colour woodblock triptych print entitled Narita-san kaicho sankei gunshu no zu (Crowds Visiting the Special Display at Narita Temple), depicting a street scene with shops, leading to a bridge, with kabuki actors figuring prominently among the crowds: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Museum reference

A.1887.745.50.79

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print, Triptych

Production information

Utagawa Kunisada, 1786 - 1864, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Fujiokaya Keijirō, 1843 - 1923 (fl.), Publisher

Date

1856

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Narita-san Shinsho-ji, Narita-shi, Chiba-ken, Japan, East Asia

Exhibitions

• Kabuki: Japanese Theatre Prints (04 Oct 2013 - 02 Feb 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Rosina Buckland, Kabuki: Japanese Theatre Prints (National Museums Scotland, 2013), no. 47