illustrated book;
print
- Museum number
- 1979,0305,0.52
- Title
- Object: Amayo no sanbai kigen 雨夜三盃機嫌 (Three Merry Rounds of Sake on a Rainy Evening)
- Description
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Illustrated book, Vol. 1 from an original set of two. Actor critique. Woodblock-printed.
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- Production date
- 1693
- Dimensions
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Height: 0.26 metres (book size)
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Height: 26.60 centimetres
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Width: 0.18 metres (book size)
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Width: 18.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Hillier and Smith 1980
'Yakusha hyobanki' (actor critique) by Bokuteki-an Sogyu, of value to Kabuki students for its commentary on late seventeenth-century actors. Such books reflect the growing importance of the Kabuki theatre in middle-class entertainment.
Literature:
'Kokusho somokuroku', vol. 1, Tokyo, 1970-7, p. 89.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1979,0305,0.52
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.52 (Hillier no.)
