Kabuki kumadori gaikan
KOBAYAHI, Masaru. Kabuki kumadori gaikan. 117 pp. text, with 41 tipped-in coloured woodblock engravings. 4to, 253 x x 190 mm., publisher's boards and cardboard slipcase. Kyoto: Guroriya Sosaete, 1931.
A beautifully made book on the art of kumadori makeup used by the actors of the kabuki theater. Kumadori makeup usually consists of stripes of bright colors or designs on a white background, the colors and patterns symbolizing aspects of the actor's personality. Bright red stripes indicate a role of powerful hero. Beautiful hand-made woodblocks of painted faces of different roles of the Japanese Kabuki Theatre, in very fresh colours under transparent protection sheets on which is description of role/person of that face painting. A fine copy
with some insignificant some foxing to the boards and transparent protection sheets.
Item nr. 169992
Price:
$875.00