The three troupes of the theatre district, near Asakusa Kannon temple in northeast Edo. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige II, 1859.

  • Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1826-1869.
Date:
Month 3, 1859
Reference:
37314i
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Description

Women at a teahouse overlooking a street on which the three kabuki theatres are located; hoardings on the theatres advertise plays

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], Month 3, 1859.

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Contributors

Lettering

Hiroshige-ga Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal and set title

Notes

Famous places in Edo

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37314i

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