Ukiyo-e 28, UT-7, Handbag - Toyokuni, Three Kabuki Actors
Ukiyo-e Bag - Three Kabuki Actors.
Ukiyo-e (Japanese, meaning "Pictures of the Floating World"). Ukiyo-e depicts and records the life of Japanese people in the Edo period. It represents Japanese art of 17-19 centuries.
Kabuki (a classical Japanese dance-drama) is a special profession. The figures in the portraits are famous actors. The unique costumes and makeup of the actors in the portraits depict the roles of actors in the drama. The characteristics of these "kabuki actor portraits" are unique and interesting, and they are fully exotic for Westerners.
Being a kabuki actor is a tough job. In Edo period, a single Kabuki program contains plays of many types (comedies, tragedies, dances, and ghost stories), and can last all day until the evening. It is because of the length of these performances, the concentration, and the years of rigorous training required, that the actors live almost all their lives on and behind the stages of Kabuki theaters.
These actors have carried the traditions of Kabuki from one generation to the next with only slight alterations. Many of them trace their ancestry and performing styles to the earliest Kabuki actors and add a “generation number” after their names to indicate their place in the long line of actors.
It is a testament to generations of dedicated actors that Kabuki has risen from its lowly beginnings to become one of the world's most celebrated theatrical traditions.
UNESCO - Intangible Cultural Heritage
In 2005, the "Kabuki theatre" was proclaimed by UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) as an intangible heritage possessing outstanding universal value. In 2008, it was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Left: Sawamura Sojuro III as Oboshi Yuranosuke, 「三代目沢村宗十郎の大星由良之助」, 1796
Middle: Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as Sekibei, 「初代市川男女蔵の関兵衛」, 1803
Right: The actor Sakata hangoro III, created in Edo period
Created in Edo period
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I (歌川豊国; Japanese, 1769–1825)
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Ukiyo-e (Japanese, meaning "Pictures of the Floating World"). Ukiyo-e depicts and records the life of Japanese people in the Edo period. It represents Japanese art of 17-19 centuries.
Three Kabuki Actors
Portraits of Kabuki Actors created by Utagawa Toyokuni I (歌川豊国)Kabuki (a classical Japanese dance-drama) is a special profession. The figures in the portraits are famous actors. The unique costumes and makeup of the actors in the portraits depict the roles of actors in the drama. The characteristics of these "kabuki actor portraits" are unique and interesting, and they are fully exotic for Westerners.
Being a kabuki actor is a tough job. In Edo period, a single Kabuki program contains plays of many types (comedies, tragedies, dances, and ghost stories), and can last all day until the evening. It is because of the length of these performances, the concentration, and the years of rigorous training required, that the actors live almost all their lives on and behind the stages of Kabuki theaters.
These actors have carried the traditions of Kabuki from one generation to the next with only slight alterations. Many of them trace their ancestry and performing styles to the earliest Kabuki actors and add a “generation number” after their names to indicate their place in the long line of actors.
It is a testament to generations of dedicated actors that Kabuki has risen from its lowly beginnings to become one of the world's most celebrated theatrical traditions.
UNESCO - Intangible Cultural Heritage
In 2005, the "Kabuki theatre" was proclaimed by UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) as an intangible heritage possessing outstanding universal value. In 2008, it was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Left: Sawamura Sojuro III as Oboshi Yuranosuke, 「三代目沢村宗十郎の大星由良之助」, 1796
Middle: Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as Sekibei, 「初代市川男女蔵の関兵衛」, 1803
Right: The actor Sakata hangoro III, created in Edo period
Created in Edo period
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I (歌川豊国; Japanese, 1769–1825)
- Price:$178.00
- Glazed synthetic leather
- Custom-print durable Oxford
- Double rolled handles with 6" drop
- Top zip opening has magnetic snaps on each end
- Silver hardware
- Interior features print lining; back zip pocket; 2 front open slip pockets trimmed in matching leather
- Size: 14"W x 9 1/2"H x 6"D