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[Japanese masked dancers]
- Title
- [Japanese masked dancers] [graphic].
- Publication
- [19--?]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Still image | Supervised use | *MGZFD Mas 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 print : woodblock, color; 17 x 25 cm., line border 16 x 24 cm.
- Summary
- Six masked dancers are seen in movement on a flat gold field. The four dancers at left, moving in a circle while holding on to one another's sleeves, are identically costumed in green masks and blue coats, with red, green, black and white touches in their headdresses, leggings, and shoes. On the right are two dancers costumed in red with pink and white pantaloons; one wears a brown demonic mask and carries a round object, while the other wears a white mask with a green protruding tongue and appears to play a hand drum. At the top of the field are a cluster of trees, possibly including pine and flowering plum trees.
- Genre/Form
- Woodcuts.
- Note
- Text in Japanese characters at left.
- Source (note)
- Lincoln Kirstein.
- Biography (note)
- The donor of this print, Lincoln Kirstein, lived in Japan for several periods starting in 1958, and was instrumental in bringing Japanese cultural groups, among them Gagaku or the musicians and dancers of the imperial household, to perform in the United States. In recognition of his contributions to cultural exchange, the Japanese government awarded him the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class, in 1960.
- Call Number
- *MGZFD Mas 4
- OCLC
- 809536635
- Title
- [Japanese masked dancers] [graphic].
- Imprint
- [19--?]
- Biography
- The donor of this print, Lincoln Kirstein, lived in Japan for several periods starting in 1958, and was instrumental in bringing Japanese cultural groups, among them Gagaku or the musicians and dancers of the imperial household, to perform in the United States. In recognition of his contributions to cultural exchange, the Japanese government awarded him the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class, in 1960.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.This item may be offsite for digitization. For additional information please contact dance@nypl.org.
- Source
- Gift; Lincoln Kirstein.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Mask dances -- Japan.
- Added Author
- Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996. Donor
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFD Mas 4