四季の花, Girls Entertained by Performers, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons, Edo period (1615?1868), 1801, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 6 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (17. 5 x 25. 1 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753? ?1806), Theatrical performances are paradigms of people watching other people. There is a division of roles as well as a division of space. The actors move about a prescribed area, while the audience remains passively confined to another