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 Tokizō V as the kept mistress Otomi
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Description
Nakamura Tokizō V (born 1955) is a well known onnagata, specializing in female roles. In traditional kabuki, all of the roles are played by men, who are trained to create a larger-than-life femininity by emphasizing and stylizing feminine movements and gestures. Here the actor plays Otomi, the mistress of a gang leader who falls in love with the son of a wealthy merchant. As with most portraits of onnagata, the actor's masculinity is obvious despite his feminine costume and wig.
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Details
- Series
- Bust Portraits VIII
- Associated place
- Date
- 1990
- Artist/maker
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Tsuruya Kōkei (born 1946) (designer)
- Associated people
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Nakamura Tokizō V (born 1955) (subject)
- Material and technique
- woodblock on ganpi paper
- Dimensions
- print 38.7 x 24.9 cm (height x width)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Philip Harris, 2011.
- Accession no.
- EA2011.19
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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