ATLAS / WORLD HISTORY IN PICTURES

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1765–1868 CEIn-depth study
Sharaku’s 1794 portrait of actor Ōtani Oniji III performing Yakko Edobei: a theatrical role, not a documentary view of everyday conduct.
Picture source & rightsThe Metropolitan Museum of Art · JP2822 · Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939 · Public domain / CC0 · Resized and converted to WebP · Licence terms

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Edo Japan: prints, performers and urban publishing

Color prints connected specialist workshop labor, commercial publishing, theatre and urban fashion in Tokugawa Japan.

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