woodblock printed book; text pages; image of figures outside of a building with activity inside; interior scene featuring women musicians entertaining men who are eating, with other women lining the room behind lanterns; figure standing and interacting, holding instruments; figures wearing giant heads

Encyclopedia of Musical Theater Performances (Seikyoku ruisan), vol. 5, 1889

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The Tale of Usugumo handscroll was reproduced in this encyclopedia. Printed in black ink, the book fails to capture its opulence. Hasegawa, however, closely imitated the

characteristic burns of the original, indicating that he may have studied the actual work or a copy.

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Title
Encyclopedia of Musical Theater Performances (Seikyoku ruisan), vol. 5
Artist Life
1819 - 1882
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.79.231.6
Catalogue Raisonne
Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 501
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woodblock printed book; text pages; image of figures outside of a building with activity inside; interior scene featuring women musicians entertaining men who are eating, with other women lining the room behind lanterns; figure standing and interacting, holding instruments; figures wearing giant heads