The actor Danjūrō X as Kagemasa in Shibaraku (Wait a Moment!),

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The actor Danjūrō X as Kagemasa in Shibaraku (Wait a Moment!),

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A vivid sense of high drama and intensely expressive theatricality, frozen in a single moment, is conveyed in the full-figure portraits of Japanese printmaker Hasegawa Sadanobu III (1881-1963). Sadanobu lived and worked in Ōsaka, a city with its own thriving theatre world and associated print industry, and was third in a long line of printmakers. This print was published by Uchida, of Kyōto. Sadanobu depicts the leading character of the play Shirabaku, Kamakura Gongoro Kagemasa, at the most d...

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Date created

circa 1952

Creator

Hasegawa Sadanobu III

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1528089

Related subjects

Actors / Kabuki / Robes / Daggers & swords / paper / ink / colour woodcuts / works on paper / woodcut / Showa / Japan / Japanese / Kyoto

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