Japanese Print "Theater District - Kokon Tokyo Meisho" by Utagawa Hiroshige II
Artist:Utagawa Hiroshige II
Title:Theater District - Kokon Tokyo Meisho
Date:1884.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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From the series, "Kokon Tokyo Meisho" (The Famous Places of Tokyo; The Past and The Present). Two Bijin are looking over the Sarugaku-cho, theatre district from the upstairs balcony. Many ornaments, colorful advertisement banners bearing popular actor's names, large billboards of the new kabuki offerings entice the onlookers into the theater.