Makura Jidō: kabukiza shinkyōgen (Makura Jidō: new kyōgen at the kabuki theatre)

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Makura Jidō: kabukiza shinkyōgen ["Makura Jidō: new kyōgen at the kabuki theatre"]

Kōchōrō [Utagawa Kunisada III] [illustrated by].

[Japan: publisher unidentified, Meiji 25 (1892)?].

A triptych by Utagawa Kunisada III (1848–1920) depicting the eponymous Kiku Jidō (Jidō of the Chrysanthemum, also known as Jidō of the Headrest) from the play Makura Jidō. In the triptych, Jidō stands with a fan over his head, his left hand resting on the headrest he was given by the emperor, while two girls (played, of course, by male actors) perform a butterfly dance similar to the kōchō dance from gagaku. The triptych features Onoe Kikugorō V as Jidō and Onoe Eizaburō V and Onoe Kikunosuke II as the two dancing girls. The play is based on the legend of Jidō described in the fourteenth century Japanese classic the Taiheiki (“Chronicle of Great Peace”). Metallic pigments have been used in several sections of the striking triptych.

Three loose colour woodblock-printed leaves, complete, each backed with thin card. Extremities trimmed. Minor running to red pigment. A few light creases and scrapes. Slight pigment discrepancy between centre and rightmost prints. Each print measures approximately 35.7 x 23.8 cm.

Makura Jidō: kabukiza shinkyōgen (Makura Jidō: new kyōgen at the kabuki theatre)
Price: $750.00 (USD)