Kabuki Theater [104] Kabukiza Theater (086) Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy (023)

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Title Kabuki Theater [104] Kabukiza Theater (086) Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy (023)
Photo Number Box 27, Japan, Theater, Kabuki, School of Calligraphy, 12
Description Photo shows a performance of the "Terakoya" ("The Village School") scene from the Kabuki play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami" (sometimes called "School of Calligraphy") at the Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1952
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; Theatrical makeup--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Theatrical wigs--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Japan; Clothing and dress; Theater
Keywords Kabuki-za; Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami; School of Calligraphy; Terakoya; Ishō; Costumes; Keshō; Make-up; Katsura; Stages
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); Kantō Region (Japan); Tokyo (Japan)
Caption on Slide Climax (head in box), Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Kabuki-za, Tokyo, Japan.
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: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami...is one of the three most famous and popular plays in the kabuki repertoire...The most popular and most frequently performed scene from this play is Terakoya... (info. found on Wikipedia). Note: Appears to be similar to image with File Name: theater_kabuki_terakoya_005 and original caption information provided as: "Terakoya" the Box contains the head of the loyal retainers son which he must I.D. as the princes in order to the save the prince Tokyo, Japan. Note: Original caption information for this image provided as: "climax head viewing scene Kabuki play "School of Calligraphy" Tokyo, Japan Kabuki Za c. 1952."
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6wh363q
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 333244
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wh363q
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