Yakusha-e: Kabuki Prints, a Continuing Tradition
(from 29th Nov 2011 until 4th Mar 2012)Discover the brightly coloured woodblock prints of actors from Japanese popular theatre.
Nakamura Tomijūrō V as the lady's maid Kasane
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Description
The play ‘Kasane’ is based on a classic Japanese ghost story. Here the actor Tomijūrō V (designated a Living National Treasure in 1994) is depicted in the role of Kasane, the lover of the handsome but cruel protagonist Yoemon. Kasane is unaware that Yoemon long ago had an affair with her mother and killed her father, Suke. When she discovers the truth, the spirit of her father invades her body, transforming her into a vengeful entity. The transformation is depicted in a famous dance.
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Details
- Series
- Bust Portrait X
- Associated place
- Date
- 1994
- Artist/maker
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Tsuruya Kōkei (born 1946) (designer)
- Associated people
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Nakamura Tomijūrō V (1929 - 2011) (subject)
- Material and technique
- woodblock on ganpi paper
- Dimensions
- print 39.5 x 25.5 cm (height x width)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Philip Harris, 2010.
- Accession no.
- EA2010.44
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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