Kabuki actor
Unknown
ca. 1700 · Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Hizen ware; Imari type) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The sophisticated life style in cities such as Tokyo and Kyoto supported a flourishing theater district, with theaters featuring the dance-drama known as kabuki, first performed in the early seventeenth century.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1700
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Hizen ware; Imari type)
- Culture
- Japanese, for European market
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
