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Kabuki Theatre Poster

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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.08
Description
Small Kabuki Theatre Poster. A Man stands with legs far apart leaning back far to the right with his body and face facing left. He holds an umbrella that is cropped off by the edge of the print. He stands on a green ground. The backgroung is dark and features an almost black sky, a darkbrown hi…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Kabuki Theatre Poster
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.5 x 18.5 cm
Description
Small Kabuki Theatre Poster. A Man stands with legs far apart leaning back far to the right with his body and face facing left. He holds an umbrella that is cropped off by the edge of the print. He stands on a green ground. The backgroung is dark and features an almost black sky, a darkbrown hill, a small blue mountain, and a river. There are 2 text panels down the left side. Translator of print commented : Drawn by: Ichi bai tei(?), sai(?) ho. In images of the floating world Ichibaishi is also known as Yoshimine.
Subject
figure
Japanese
Kabuki
landscape
Japan
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.08
Images
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Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Date
1951
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Catalogue Number
SnJ.04.04
Description
Predominantly black with white; night scene at a midway; centre right a bald-headed man with striped shirt is gesturing with his right hand; foreground head and shoulders of people; tents and awnings trc and tl; tlc night sky with tower and moon.
Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Title
Midway
Date
1951
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Dimensions
39.8 x 31.7 cm
Description
Predominantly black with white; night scene at a midway; centre right a bald-headed man with striped shirt is gesturing with his right hand; foreground head and shoulders of people; tents and awnings trc and tl; tlc night sky with tower and moon.
Subject
figure, group
Credit
Gift of John Harold Thomas Snow, Calgary, 1990
Catalogue Number
SnJ.04.04
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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