Red Light District (portfolio sheet)1957Sheet: 17 3/4 x 15 " (45.1 x 38.1 cm)Gouache and ink on paperEva and Morris Feld Folk Art Acquisition Fund2018.25.101568017010Daniel E. RohrigDrawingsAnnotated by artist in a typed panel: (Kyo Machiko; prints from Harunobu)signedUnited StatesWorks on PaperAmerican Folk Art MuseumActress Machiko Kyô, born in 1924 in Osaka, Japan, is best known for her roles in Rashomon (1950), Gate of Hell (1953) and The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956). Suzuki Harunobu is a late 18th c. Japanese artist of the ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) school, who established the art of nishiki-e, or polychrome printsObject information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org19571957 2018 25 1 Actress Machiko Kyô, born in 1924 in Osaka, Japan, is best known for her roles in Rashomon (1950), Gate of Hell (1953) and The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956). Suzuki Harunobu is a late 18th c. Japanese artist of the ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) school, who established the art of nishiki-e, or polychrome printsObject information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org