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Sadao Kuroki 1908-1984 - Iwato Kagura Play - Japanese Native Customs

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Sadao Kuroki 1908-1984 - Iwato Kagura Play - Japanese Native Customs
Iwato Kagura Play - Japanese Native Customs
by Sadao Kuroki 1908-1984


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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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