Kabuki Theater [111] Kabukiza Theater (093) Sukeroku (006)

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Title Kabuki Theater [111] Kabukiza Theater (093) Sukeroku (006)
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 27, Japan, Kabuki, Sukeroku, 2
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 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; Swords--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; Sukeroku; Ishō; Costumes; Keshō; Oshiroi; Make-up; Katsura; Stages
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Kantō Region (Japan); Tokyo (Japan)
Description Photo shows a kabuki performance: probably "Sukeroku" at the Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo, Japan
Caption on Slide Kabuki-za, 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: Possibly known as: "Sukeroku: Flower of Edo" (Sukeroku yukari Edo no zakura, 1713; trans. 1975), written by Tsuuchi Jihei II (1679-1760).--The Cambridge Guide to Theatre, Credo Reference Database. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Sword fight scene from Sukeroku Kabuki-Za Tokyo, Japan."
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6br989z
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 333194
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6br989z