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Kabuki Dances (Kabuki buyō 歌舞伎舞踊),
1895 (Meiji 28)
Utagawa Kokunimasa 歌川小国政, 1874–1944
Published by Kiyomizu Daigoro
Published by Kiyomizu Daigoro
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2008-46 a-l
Information
Title
Kabuki Dances (Kabuki buyō 歌舞伎舞踊)
Dates
1895 (Meiji 28)
Maker
Medium
Woodblock prints (chuban yoko-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
closed: 17.0 x 12.0 x 1.4 cm. (6 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
block (a): 17.2 x 22.2 cm
block (b): 16.3 x 22.2 cm
block (c): 16.4 x 21.7 cm
block (d): 16.6 x 21.7 cm
block (e) : 16.6 x 21.8 cm
block (f): 16.6 x 22 cm
block (g): 16.5 x 21.8 cm
block (h): 16.5 x 22.2 cm
block (i): 16.5 x 21.8 cm
block (j): 16.5 x 22 cm
block (k): 16.5 x 22 cm
block (l): 16.5 x 22.2 cm
each sheet, open: 17.2 x 23.8 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Forrest D. Colburn
Object Number
2008-46 a-l
Place Made
Asia, Japan
Description
Published by Kiyomizu Daigoro.
The album includes an opening scene of a woman and her attendants followed by 11 cartouched dance scenes including Dōjōji (Dōjōji Temple 道成寺), Shirozake uri (White sake seller 白酒売り), Katsuo uri (Bonito seller 鰹売り), Seki no to (関の扉), and Oharame (大原女), among others. It may be that this small album was meant as a cheat sheet for young girls learning to identify their characters in the dances in kabuki plays. Aniline dyes have been used in its production.
The album includes an opening scene of a woman and her attendants followed by 11 cartouched dance scenes including Dōjōji (Dōjōji Temple 道成寺), Shirozake uri (White sake seller 白酒売り), Katsuo uri (Bonito seller 鰹売り), Seki no to (関の扉), and Oharame (大原女), among others. It may be that this small album was meant as a cheat sheet for young girls learning to identify their characters in the dances in kabuki plays. Aniline dyes have been used in its production.
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Subject
–2008 Forrest D. Colburn (New York, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2008.
