Kabuki Theater [014] Stages (005) Hanamichi (003)

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Title Kabuki Theater [014] Stages (005) Hanamichi (003)
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 27, Japan, Theater, Kabuki, 5
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1950
Subject Performing arts--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Performances--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Theaters--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Theater--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Kabuki--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Men--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Actors--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Male actors--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Costume--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Swords--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Theatrical makeup--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Theatrical wigs--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Audiences--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Japan; Theater
Keywords Ishō; Costumes; Keshō; Oshiroi; Make-up; Katsura; Hanamichi; Stages
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Kantō Region (Japan); Tokyo (Japan)
Description Photo shows a Japanese actor on the hanamichi during a Kabuki performance at a theater located in Tokyo, Japan
Caption on Slide Actor on hanamichi.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Kabuki...is a classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers."--Wikipedia. Note: "Hanamichi. The runway that passes through a kabuki theatre on the stage right side, where it connects at a right angle."--Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre by Samuel L. Leiter, page 101. Note: Original caption information provided for this image as: "Kabuki Actor on the Hanamichi at the Gekijo Theater Tokyo, Japan."
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6dj5xrp
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 333031
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dj5xrp
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