| Title |
Bunraku Theater [016] |
| Photo Number |
Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 111 |
| Description |
Photograph of puppet head (possibly depicting a married woman or "fuke oyama"), Bunraku Puppet Theater, Osaka, Japan |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1966 |
| Subject |
Performing arts--Japan--Osaka--Photographs; Theaters--Japan--Osaka--Photographs; Theater--Japan--Osaka--Photographs; Puppet theater--Japan--Osaka--Photographs; Puppet plays--Japan--Osaka--Photographs; Puppets--Japan--Osaka--Photographs; Bunraku--Japan--Osaka--Photographs; Bunraku puppets--Japan--Osaka--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Japan; Theater |
| Keywords |
Ningyō jōruri; Kashira |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Holding Institution |
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Spatial Coverage |
Honshū (Japan); Kansai Region (Japan); Osaka (Japan : Prefecture); Osaka (Japan) |
| Caption on Slide |
Puppet head, Osaka Bunraku, Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Additional information can be found on the web at: http://web-japan.org/factsheet/en/pdf/32Bunraku.pdf Note: "In contrast to the musume's white teeth [a puppet head depicting a pretty, unwed "young woman,"] those of the fuke oyama are blackened, the custom for married women."--Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre by Samuel L. Leiter, pages 85 and 253. Note: Appears to be similar to image with File Name: sl_orientaltheatreanddance013. |
| Type |
Image |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| Rights |
 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s63r19sf |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
339744 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63r19sf |
