Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 128952
Haiyu (Kabuki Actor)
- Artist / 作者
- Shinagawa Takumi品川工
- Date / 年代
- 1953
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / bm
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 750 × 1076 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- British Museum
- Published by / 公開者
- 朝倉レン
- Rights / 権利
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Copyright The Trustees of the British Museum
Catalog note / 解説
Colour woodblock print. Kabuki actor wearing blue-striped make-up of villainous parts in traditional popular Kabuki theatre. Made with five blocks of plywood faced with 'shina' and five printing stages on 'torinoko' paper. Pigments were German, except for white which was Japanese 'gofun' (shell-white). Powdered mica also used to heighten the white and black areas. Unlimited edition. Inscribed, signed, dated and sealed.
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