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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts > Exhibitions EKANBAN: Kabuki Billboards by Torii KiyomitsuFrom June 25, 2004 through August 20, 2004
This summer, the Lincoln Center Festival will present the Heisei Nakamura-za Kabuki Theater, Tokyo, led by Nakamura Kankuro V. Like Kabuki, Ekanban, the colorful billboards that advertise Kabuki plays, are also produced by a family dynasty. Torii Kiyomitsu is the ninth master of the Torii school, and the first woman in this traditional of tratrical painting. 30 large rice paper billboards depict the characters, costumes and repertory of Kabuki, including Natsumatsuri Naniwa Kagami, the work presented in the Festival. |
