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Title

Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Motome

Artist

Kunichika Toyohara

Physical Description

Kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Motome wears his hair in a top know with ornament. His eyes look upwards and his thin, red-lipped mouth lies open to reveal his teeth. He wears a blueish purple kimono with floral designs. Cartouches of text lie in the upper to corners and far left.

Artist Life Dates

(1835 - 1900)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1883

Accession Number

2009/2.19

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

buildings and the land

east asian

entertainment events

events

japanese

japanese printmaking styles

japanese styles

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people

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Title

Unkown Kabuki Actor

Artist

Utagawa Hirosada (aka Sadahiro I)

Physical Description

A kabuki actor in ornate dress, with his lips pulled down in a frown and eyes glaring upward. His left hand grasps the end of a sword and cartouches hover above his head.

Artist Life Dates

c. 1826-1865

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1873

Accession Number

2009/2.20

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

east asian

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events

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Title

Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as a Samurai

Artist

Kunichika Toyohara

Physical Description

This kabuki actor is in intricate and colorful costume, wearing a helmet with a strap that comes across the front of his chin. His eyes face two different directions, and he holds a metal weapon or staff.

Artist Life Dates

1835-1900

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1873

Accession Number

2009/2.21

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

aristocrats

asian

east asian

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events

japanese

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japanese styles

nobles (aristocrats)

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Title

Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Moritsuna

Artist

Masamitsu Ota

Physical Description

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo IX tucks his head and pulls his lips back in a grimace. He wears an ornate kimono and carries a sword.

Artist Life Dates

(1892 - 1975)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1949

Accession Number

2009/2.22

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

east asian

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events

japanese

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Title

Center Ring

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A black and white print of a circus ring. Six spotlights are pointed at the center of the empty floor.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

2011/2.117

Medium and Support

black and white lithograph on paper

Secondary Keywords

entertainment events

events

objects we use

people and culture

performances

photographic prints

photographic prints by color

photographs

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positives

visual works

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Title

Oban Triptych: Kabuki Scene (Left Side) Seki Sanjurô III as sendô (boatman) Gonshirô and Onoe Baiko IV as Ofude (???, female)

Play: Hiragana Seisuiki (???????)

Artist

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Physical Description

One of a set of three woodblock prints in traditional Japanese style depicting a Kabuki scene, the classical form of dance-drama in Japan.

Artist Life Dates

1797 - 1861

Object Creation Date

1849-1853

Accession Number

2011/2.193.1

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

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Title

Oban Triptych: Kabuki Scene (Center) Nakamura Utaemon IV as Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu disguised as the sendô (boatman) Matsuemon Play: Hiragana Seisuiki (???????)

Artist

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Physical Description

One of a set of three woodblock prints in traditional Japanese style depicting a Kabuki scene, the classical form of dance-drama in Japan.

Object Creation Date

1849-1853

Accession Number

2011/2.193.2

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

descriptors

east asian

entertainment events

events

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objects we use

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Title

Oban Triptych: Kabuki Scene (Right Side) boatmen Dairoku, Kanroku, Sadaroku, and Bunroku

Play: Hiragana Seisuiki (???????)

Artist

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Physical Description

One of a set of three woodblock prints in traditional Japanese style depicting a Kabuki scene, the classical form of dance-drama in Japan.

Object Creation Date

1849-1853

Accession Number

2011/2.193.3

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

east asian

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events

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performances

prints

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Title

Warriors

Artist

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Physical Description

A woodblock print of two men entangled in combat at the base of a tree. Tree trunk takes up left side of print, in the distance are two green mountain peaks. A brown horse and rider are in the background (center right).

Artist Life Dates

1797 - 1861

Object Creation Date

1849-1853

Accession Number

2011/2.194

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

upward

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

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events

landforms

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woody plants

Title

Interior of Kabuki Theatre During Enactment of a Play

Artist

Torii Kiyotsune

Physical Description

A woodblock print of the inside of a Kabuke theatre and the audience.

Artist Life Dates

(active Edo, c. 1757 - 1780, Edo)

Object Creation Date

circa 1760

Accession Number

2011/2.200

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Kabuki Actors in a Play

Artist

Utagawa Kunisato

Physical Description

Japanese woodblock color print depicting a man standing behind a woman and holding an umbrella above the woman's head, protecting the woman and her baby from the rain.

Artist Life Dates

active 1850s

Century

mid-19th century

Object Creation Date

1815-1868

Accession Number

2011/2.60

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Two Actors in a Kabuki Play (Natsumatsuri Naniwano Kagami)

Artist

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

Physical Description

Japanese woodblock color print depicting two men standing, while the man on the man standing on the right grabs the arm of the man standing on the left.

Artist Life Dates

1777 - 1835

Century

mid-19th century

Object Creation Date

1815-1868

Accession Number

2011/2.61

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

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Title

Elephant Man with Traveling European Circus, South Lyon, Michigan

Artist

D. James Galbraith

Physical Description

An elephant trainer in a hat and jacket standing in the center of the image and there are elephants behind him lined up.

Artist Life Dates

(1930 - 2002)

Object Creation Date

1972

Accession Number

2014/2.239

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper, laid down on board

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

entertainment events

events

mammals

people

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Title

Circus Boy, Michigan Circus

Artist

D. James Galbraith

Physical Description

A child playing on top of a deflated circus tent.

Artist Life Dates

(1930 - 2002)

Object Creation Date

1980

Accession Number

2014/2.241

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper, laid down on board

Secondary Keywords

entertainment events

events

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

performances