Kabuki Theater [209] Kabukiza Theater (191) Unidentified Performances (009) Prison Scene (002)

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Title Kabuki Theater [209] Kabukiza Theater (191) Unidentified Performances (009) Prison Scene (002)
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 27, Japan, Theater, Kabuki, 157
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1950; 1951; 1952
Subject Performing arts--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Performances--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Theaters--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Theater--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Kabuki--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Men--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Actors--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Male actors--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Costume--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Theatrical makeup--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Theatrical wigs--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Japan; Theater
Keywords Kabuki-za; Denmacho; Denma-cho; Ishō; Costumes; Keshō; Oshiroi; Make-up; Katsura; Stages
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Kantō Region (Japan); Tokyo (Japan)
Description Photo shows a scene in a Kabuki play (possibly a prison scene?) at the Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo, Japan
Caption on Slide Kabuki-za, circa 1950-52, Tokyo, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Kabuki...is a classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers."--Wikipedia. Note: Appears to be similar to images with File Names: theater_kabuki_006, sl_orientaltheatreanddance038, and theater_kabuki_157. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Kabuki Za Prison scene c. 1950's Tokyo, Japan."
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Temporal Coverage 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s60p1g5t
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 333158
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60p1g5t