A Rare Act to Follow
By Paul Griffith In the 4th month of 1795, two of the three major Kabuki theatres staged separate productions of the same play. The theatres were the Miyako-za and the …
Ukiyo-e
Actor Prints and Kabuki, Inseparable
By Paul Griffith Yakusha-e Kabuki actor portraits are called yakusha-e, literally ‘actor pictures,’ and they are one of the major subjects depicted in ukiyo-e. Yakusha-e artists were an integral part …
What is the Floating World?
It’s easy to find definitions for the term ukiyo-e, they exist throughout the internet and appear in nearly every treatise on the genre. The translation of ukiyo-e boils down to …