Puppet Show
- Date:
- 1960
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Dimensions:
- 54.8 × 69.5 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- ukiyo-e.org
Description
A 1960 woodblock depicting a Bunraku puppet performance scene — the art form in which large dolls are operated by visible puppeteers while a chanter narrates and a shamisen player provides accompaniment. Sekino's puppet show prints approach the performance from the audience's perspective, capturing the theatrical event as a total spectacle in which the audience's imaginative participation is what animates the puppets with apparent life.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Puppet Show was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎) in 1960.
Puppet Show uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Puppet Show depicts figures and kabuki.
Puppet Show measures 54.8 × 69.5 cm.