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Source Description
Noh and Kabuki are theatrical forms still practiced today. There is little action in a Noh play: it portrays one all-encompassing emotion that dominates the main character, who wears a mask. In contrast to Noh, Kabuki has a rich blend of music, dance, mime, and spectacular staging and costuming. This teapot presents characters and text from the Noh play Long-Nosed Goblin in Kurama (Kurama Tengu), with the characters’ faces interestingly done up with makeup like how Kabuki characters are visualized in art.
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Document identity
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102049
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Teapot Depicting Characters and Text from Noh Play Long-Nosed Goblin in Kurama (Kurama Tengu)
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title
Teapot Depicting Characters and Text from Noh Play Long-Nosed Goblin in Kurama (Kurama Tengu)
description
Noh and Kabuki are theatrical forms still practiced today. There is little action in a Noh play: it portrays one all-encompassing emotion that dominates the main character, who wears a mask. In contrast to Noh, Kabuki has a rich blend of music, dance, mime, and spectacular staging and costuming. This teapot presents characters and text from the Noh play Long-Nosed Goblin in Kurama (Kurama Tengu), with the characters’ faces interestingly done up with makeup like how Kabuki characters are visualized in art.
provenance
Purchased by John and Caroline Williams, Baltimore, 1947 [1]; given to Walters Art Museum, 2019.[1] from shop in Toyko, Japan
date
ca. 1900 (Meiji period (1868-1912))
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CC0
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en
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teapots
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6
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cm
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8.3
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12.4
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8.6
dimensionsRaw
Overall: H: 3 1/4 × W: 4 7/8 × D: 3 3/8 in. (8.26 × 12.38 × 8.57 cm)
Source extras
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Japanese
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new Kutani
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Meiji period (1868-1912)
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Porcelain, overglaze enamel, gilding
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none
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JPK
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none
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