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The Theater Outing, mid–1820s. Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban.
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban · 21.6 × 18.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Theater Outing
- Artist
- Totoya Hokkei Japanese, 1780–1850
- Date
- mid–1820s
- Medium
- Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
- Dimensions
- 21.6 × 18.9 cm (8 9/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.







