EditorialThe Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo in a dance interlude in scene two of the Joruri "Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face (Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao)" from the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myot...
EditorialThe Actors Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo Disguised as the Hat Maker (Ebosi Ori) Daitaro, and Segawa Kikunojo II as the Snow Woman (Yuki Onna), in the Dance Sequence "Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao" (Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face), from t...
EditorialThe Actors Nakamura Kiyosaburo I as Matsuyama and Ichimura Kamezo I as Wanya Kyubei in the play "Yoritomo Gunbai Kagami," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1749. Ishikawa Toyonobu; Japanese, 1711-1785. Date: 1749. Dimensions: 44....
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo in a dance interlude in scene two of the Joruri "Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face (Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao)" from the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myot...
EditorialInro with lilies Inro with Yoritomo and cranes, peach-shaped nestuke, ojime, Box of gold lacquer, consisting of five parts, with a representation in inlaid ivory and gold leaf (kirikane), nashiji, and different colors of gold hira and taka makie, of fi...
EditorialTwenty-four Japanese examples of branch piety for the Honors (series title), The Soga brothers in front of the tent of Kudo Suketsume in the Yoritomo hunting camp. The Story of the Soga Brothers is about the revenge that the brothers take on the death ...
EditorialInro with lilies Inro with Yoritomo and cranes, peach-shaped nestuke, ojime, Box of gold lacquer, consisting of five parts, with a representation in inlaid ivory and gold leaf (kirikane), nashiji, and different colors of gold hira and taka makie, of fi...
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo in a dance interlude in scene two of the Joruri "Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face (Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao)" from the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myot...
EditorialThe Actors Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo Disguised as the Hat Maker (Ebosi Ori) Daitaro, and Segawa Kikunojo II as the Snow Woman (Yuki Onna), in the Dance Sequence "Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao" (Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face), from t...
EditorialThe Actors Nakamura Kiyosaburo I as Matsuyama and Ichimura Kamezo I as Wanya Kyubei in the play "Yoritomo Gunbai Kagami," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1749. Ishikawa Toyonobu; Japanese, 1711-1785. Date: 1749. Dimensions: 44....
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo in a dance interlude in scene two of the Joruri "Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face (Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao)" from the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myot...
EditorialThe Actors Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo Disguised as the Hat Maker (Ebosi Ori) Daitaro, and Segawa Kikunojo II as the Snow Woman (Yuki Onna), in the Dance Sequence "Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao" (Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face), from t...
EditorialThe Actors Nakamura Kiyosaburo I as Matsuyama and Ichimura Kamezo I as Wanya Kyubei in the play "Yoritomo Gunbai Kagami," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1749. Ishikawa Toyonobu; Japanese, 1711-1785. Date: 1749. Dimensions: 44....
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo in a dance interlude in scene two of the Joruri "Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face (Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao)" from the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myot...
EditorialThe Actors Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo Disguised as the Hat Maker (Ebosi Ori) Daitaro, and Segawa Kikunojo II as the Snow Woman (Yuki Onna), in the Dance Sequence "Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao" (Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face), from t...
EditorialThe Actors Nakamura Kiyosaburo I as Matsuyama and Ichimura Kamezo I as Wanya Kyubei in the play "Yoritomo Gunbai Kagami," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1749. Ishikawa Toyonobu; Japanese, 1711-1785. Date: 1749. Dimensions: 44....
EditorialJapanese dance. Karaito ('The Tale of Karaito'). early Edo period (1640-1680). A Nara-ehon manuscript telling the story of a woman called Karaito who is imprisoned for attempting to assassinate Minamoto no Yoritomo but is rescued by her daughter. The f...
EditorialReading a scroll. Karaito ('The Tale of Karaito'). early Edo period (1640-1680). A Nara-ehon manuscript telling the story of a woman called Karaito who is imprisoned for attempting to assassinate Minamoto no Yoritomo but is rescued by her daughter. The...