Circus - Trapeze and animal tamer. (11/20)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art of Japan
Description
A trapeze artist and an animal tamer share the ring in this woodblock print, numbered eleven of twenty in what appears to be a circus-themed series. The aerial performer and the ground-level handler represent two poles of circus spectacle: gravity-defying human agility above and primal human-animal confrontation below. Nagase captures the visual drama of the big top, where spotlights, costumes, and the circular performance space create a compressed theatrical world. The edition numbering (11/20) confirms this as a limited-run print, and its position mid-series suggests a systematic documentation of circus acts that gave Nagase material for exploring movement, danger, and showmanship.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Circus - Trapeze and animal tamer. (11/20) was created by Nagase Yoshio (永瀬義郎).
Circus - Trapeze and animal tamer. (11/20) depicts animals.