Act I, Sugawara

Original object type: Artefact
Title: Act I, Sugawara
Corporate Creators: Sadahide Utagawa
Description:
Sugawara no. 1: Scene at the Palace of Shishiden, Kyoto. Tokihira, seated at the top of a flight of steps, receiving the Chinese Ambassador, who prostrates himself before him; on Tokihira's right is seated Michizane as 'Minister of the Right', and behind, hidden by a partly rolled-up screen, is the Emperor. On each side of the pathway leading to the steps squat the imperial bodyguard of archers.
Date range: 1820-1867
Date: 1843
Subjects: University Subjects > Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies
University Subjects > Theatre

Act I, Sugawara