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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Teapot Depicting Characters and Text from Noh Play Long-Nosed Goblin in Kurama (Kurama Tengu)
(Japan and Korea )
Noh and Kabuki are theatrical forms still practiced today. There is little action in a Noh play: it portrays one all-encompassing emotion that dominates the main character, who wears a mask. In contrast to Noh, Kabuki has a rich blend of music, dance, mime, and spectacular staging and costuming. This teapot presents characters and text from the Noh play Long-Nosed Goblin in Kurama (Kurama Tengu), with the characters’ faces interestingly done up with makeup like how Kabuki characters are visualized in art.
Provenance
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Purchased by John and Caroline Williams, Baltimore, 1947 [1]; given to Walters Art Museum, 2019.
[1] from shop in Toyko, Japan
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: H: 3 1/4 × W: 4 7/8 × D: 3 3/8 in. (8.26 × 12.38 × 8.57 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John A. Williams, 2019
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.2835.1
