Period:Unknown Production date:1847-1848
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:kabuki actor/actress deity
Dimensions:Height: 36.60 centimetres Width: 25.40 centimetres
Description:
Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Left to right: Nakamura Utaemon IV representing China as Koshi (Confucius), Seki Sanjuro III representing India as Shaka (the historical Buddha) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII representing Japan as Amaterasu (the Sun Goddess).
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Comments:This series features ctors portraying China, India, and Japan playing ‘ken’, a game involving various hand and body gestures, similar to ‘rock, scissors, paper’.
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:kabuki actor/actress deity
Dimensions:Height: 36.60 centimetres Width: 25.40 centimetres
Description:
Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Left to right: Nakamura Utaemon IV representing China as Koshi (Confucius), Seki Sanjuro III representing India as Shaka (the historical Buddha) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII representing Japan as Amaterasu (the Sun Goddess).
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Comments:This series features ctors portraying China, India, and Japan playing ‘ken’, a game involving various hand and body gestures, similar to ‘rock, scissors, paper’.
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