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Source Description
Beak-nosed winged goblins ("tengu") swarm about Takatoki, making him dance until he nearly faints. Hojo Takatoki (1303-33), a feeble-minded, vicious, and debauched military ruler, believed his palace was infested with goblins who mocked and attacked him. This print illustrates the climactic dance scene from a Kabuki play based on the last days of his rule. The famous actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX portrays Takatoki.
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Document identity
localId
28131
label
Kabukiza shin kyogen
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
28131
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Kabukiza shin kyogen
description
Beak-nosed winged goblins ("tengu") swarm about Takatoki, making him dance until he nearly faints. Hojo Takatoki (1303-33), a feeble-minded, vicious, and debauched military ruler, believed his palace was infested with goblins who mocked and attacked him. This print illustrates the climactic dance scene from a Kabuki play based on the last days of his rule. The famous actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX portrays Takatoki.
provenance
C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
date
1902 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
woodblock prints
triptychs
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
35.9
height
23.8
dimensionsRaw
each panel: 14 1/8 x 9 3/8 in. (35.88 x 23.81 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Utagawa Toyosai hitsu
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
5228
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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0647a8060e535642
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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2bc6e9c32875b57f
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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cdd84299f0bbc700
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no
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no
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4
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photo
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dd9df05901c86263
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no
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no