BUNRAKU doll
Typical Price
$200–$2,000. Common Kyoto views: $200–$500. Key value factors: Sadanobu III's colorful Kyoto prints are affordably priced and popular with beginning collectors. Seasonal scenes of famous temples are most popular.
$200–$2,000. Common Kyoto views: $200–$500. Key value factors: Sadanobu III's colorful Kyoto prints are affordably priced and popular with beginning collectors. Seasonal scenes of famous temples are most popular.
A Bunraku puppet — ningyō — from Japan's greatest puppet theater tradition, developed in Osaka over three centuries into a performance art of extraordinary sophistication. Bunraku puppets are operated by three visible puppeteers working in coordinated silence, their heads, hands, and movements creating an illusion of autonomous life that rivals human performance in emotional expressiveness. Sadanobu III's depiction of the Bunraku puppet captures the puppet in the specific costume and posture of a dramatic role, the elaborate wig and painted face conveying character type.
歌舞伎
Woodblock print
1955
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
BUNRAKU doll was created by Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信三世).
BUNRAKU doll depicts kabuki.
