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Iwato Kagura Play - Japanese Native Customs
by Sadao Kuroki 1908-1984
| Item | 55028 |
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| Date Sold | Thursday, January 3, 2013 |
| Title | Iwato Kagura Play - Japanese Native Customs |
| Nihon Minzoku Zufu | |
| Artist | Sadao Kuroki 1908-1984 |
| Description | "Nihon Minzoku Zufu" (Pictures of Japanese Native Customs). From the series of 12 prints done by well known sosaku hanga artists right after world war II. Excerpt from Sadao's explanation on the accompanying pamphlet:
The winter at the village in Takachiho in Hiyuga province is the merry time for the Kagura play in the evening. The religious villagers offer agricultural products to the gods. The thirty-three different kinds of dances with funny drum beats and flutes were performed in the sacred front yard of a designated house or the theater area of the shrine. This was the time when people and the gods communicated with their souls. |
| Seal | Artist's seal. |
| Dated | 1946. |
| Publisher | Takamizawa Mokuhan Honsha for Fugaku Shuppan-sha. |
| Medium/Technique | Woodblock print. |
| Impression | Good. |
| Colors | Very Good. |
| Condition | Very Good ... paper toning, two top corners still pasted on the original presentation folder with title slip and artist's name on the back. |
| Width Item | 10.4 inches = 26.3 cm |
| Height Item | 7.9 inches = 20.0 cm |
| Width Mat | 13.2 inches = 33.5 cm |
| Height Mat | 10.4 inches = 26.5 cm |
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