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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Date
1879 – 1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.03 a-c
Description
This Kabuki Theater Poster features 3 actors: Two playing women, and one a man. The man is in the second panel holding an elaborate sword that exits the print at the bottom of the page. He is coyly looking into the third panel where his gaze finds a coyly looking woman: Her body faces right (away…
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Title
Kabuki Theatre Poster
Date
1879 – 1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 72.0 cm
Description
This Kabuki Theater Poster features 3 actors: Two playing women, and one a man. The man is in the second panel holding an elaborate sword that exits the print at the bottom of the page. He is coyly looking into the third panel where his gaze finds a coyly looking woman: Her body faces right (away from the man) but her head subtly turns to the left. A third actor is in the first panel. This woman looks into the second panel at the man she is dressed much more simply than the other two. The background is a dark solid blue, and the entire print is framed by a black and gold border.
Subject
Activity
Acting
Kabuki Theater
Figures
Women
Man
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.03 a-c
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Artist
Utagawa Yoshitora
Date
1853
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
YoU.04.01 a-c
Description
This print features 9 woman and 1 man playing musical instruments in a room with a green floor, yellow walls, and a large window which spans through all the panels. Through the window a tree with blossoms can be noticed. Lamps and dishes of goodies are lain about. The first panel contains three w…
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Artist
Utagawa Yoshitora
Title
Twelve Symphonies
Date
1853
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.5 x 73.5 cm
Description
This print features 9 woman and 1 man playing musical instruments in a room with a green floor, yellow walls, and a large window which spans through all the panels. Through the window a tree with blossoms can be noticed. Lamps and dishes of goodies are lain about. The first panel contains three woman kneeling on the floor facing the right. The woman in the blc is playing a drum. Between the first and second panel spans a colourful gong type instrument on a black stand. In the second panel kneel three people (2 women and one man) The man is playing a flute. The third panel has three women: one playing a long stringed instrument.
Subject
figures
group
women
man
activity
musical gathering
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
YoU.04.01 a-c
Images
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Artist
Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – 1865, Japanese)
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KuU.04.01
Description
A man with white hair faces to the left, raising a sword above his head. The background is decorated with a red herringbone pattern. He wears a floral kimono in shades of blue and red.This work has an Aratame Seal at the bottom left, the publisher’s mark for Joshuya Shigezo at the bottom left and t…
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Artist
Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – 1865, Japanese)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.25 x 25 cm
Description
A man with white hair faces to the left, raising a sword above his head. The background is decorated with a red herringbone pattern. He wears a floral kimono in shades of blue and red.This work has an Aratame Seal at the bottom left, the publisher’s mark for Joshuya Shigezo at the bottom left and the signature for Toyokuni III (ca. 1857) at the bottom right.
Subject
man
Japanese
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KuU.04.01
Images
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