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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005766/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- The title of the book suggests that actors are shown without makeup and costume, just as Mt Fuji appears unadorned when snow on its peak melts away. Many of the actors included in this volume are the same ones found in the Katsukawa prints described in the previous entry. A book like this is testimony to the ‘cult of celebrity’ among Kabuki fans. In the preface, the artist confesses that he actually had not seen the actors in such intimate settings, but created them from his imagination. (Text by John T. Carpenter and Yoshiko Yasumura, from the exhibition catalogue: Objects of instruction : treasures of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Anna Contadini, Editor. London : SOAS, University of London, 2007.) ( en )
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793 : 96561692
- General Note:
- The 'Objects of instruction : the treasures of SOAS' exhibition was funded through a generous gift from the Foyle Foundation and with the support of the Arts & Humanities Research Council.
- General Note:
- Source: A. Contadini (ed.), Objects of instruction : treasures of the School of Oriental and African Studies. London : SOAS, University of London, 2007. Listed as item number: 28
- General Note:
- Preface dated 1780
- General Note:
- British Library notes: "Shunsho depicts the Kabuki actors offstage without their make-up, just like Mt. Fuji in summer without a covering of snow."
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS, University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
- Resource Identifier:
- EF.j.FJH /975134 ( soas shelf mark )
122886021 ( oclc )
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