Kabuki Play
Artist
Roger Yukata Shimomura
(American, born 1939)
Printer
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
Date1985
MediumLithograph on Rives BFK white paper
DimensionsImage: 21 × 29 inches (53.34 × 73.66 cm)
Sheet: 23 × 31 inches (58.42 × 78.74 cm)
Sheet: 23 × 31 inches (58.42 × 78.74 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund and the Andrew Atterbury and Gwen Prentice Fund
Object number2024.9.113
Edition/State/Proofed. 55
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DescriptionThis eight-color lithograph shows a scene with a woman’s head with black hair curling onto her forehead in the foreground; she has yellow eyes and arms that fasten a bow or ornament on her head. Behind her, a Japanese woman in a red kimono facing right, a white woman with blonde hair and red lips facing right, and Donald Duck in a patterned jacket facing left, eyeing the two women. A hand holds a Japanese sword that points from upper right to lower left.Provenance
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