illustrated book;
print
- Museum number
- 1979,0305,0.196.1
- Title
- Object: (Gazu) Yakusha sangaikyo (画図) 俳優三階興 (Amusements of Actors on the Third Floor (Illustrated))
- Description
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Illustrated book, print. Vol. 1 of two volumes. Depictions of actors off stage and in private settings. Colour woodblock-printed.
- Production date
- 1801
- Dimensions
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Height: 21.80 centimetres
-
Width: 15.60 centimetres
- Curator's comments
-
A draft translation is held in the Dept of Asia library.
-
Hillier and Smith 1980
The private lives of entertainers were of deep interest to the public, and this very finely printed work, its designs often appropriately dramatic, served as a superior sort of gossip-sheet. The 'third floor' housed the actors' dressing-rooms.
Literature:
Toda, Kenji, 'Descriptive Catalogue of the Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago', Chicago, 1931, pp. 287-8.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
'Kabuki Heroes of the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830'
British Museum, 30th Jun-15th Sep 2005
Osaka Rekishi Hakubutsukan, 1st Oct-23rd Nov 2005
Waseda Daigaku Tsubouchi-Hakushi Kinen Engeki Hakubutsukan, 1st Dec 2005-23rd Jan 2006
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1979,0305,0.196.1
- Additional IDs
-
Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.196 (Hillier no.)
