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Scene from Kabuki Theatre: Shower of Flames by Utagawa Kunisada — VisualArtsDB

Scene from Kabuki Theatre: Shower of Flames

Scene from Kabuki Theatre: Shower of Flames

Utagawa Kunisada

1857–1862

Medium: Left panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 35.6 x 24.7 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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