Bunraku Puppet Hideki
文楽人形 秀樹
by Hasegawa Konobu (Sadanobu IV)
- Date:
- c. 1950s
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A close-up of a bunraku puppet head lying tilted against an elaborate feathered costume, the pale white face rendered with fine red-lined features and topped by a black-and-gold striped headdress bearing a large red circle. The figure's costume fans out in a stylized bird or phoenix motif with overlapping layers of turquoise, pink, green, purple, yellow, and red plumage, set against a solid mustard-yellow ground with soft gray shadow work. Japanese characters appear in the upper left and a red seal with black text sits in the lower right corner; this is Hasegawa Konobu (Sadanobu IV)'s 1955 color woodblock print "Bunraku Puppet Hideki."
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Bunraku Puppet Hideki (文楽人形 秀樹) was created by Hasegawa Konobu (Sadanobu IV) (長谷川小信 / 四代目長谷川貞信) in c. 1950s.
Bunraku Puppet Hideki depicts kabuki.