Crab Makeup
Torii Tadamasa
1941
- Medium
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper with embossing
- Dimensions
- 14 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (37.78 × 25.08 cm) (image) 15 3/16 × 10 1/4 in. (38.58 × 26.04 cm) (sheet)
- Genre
Tags
Japan
About
It is unclear when this so-called crab makeup was developed. The role depicted seems to be that of Anewa Heiji 姉輪平次 for which the actor Bandō Mitsugorō VII (1882-1961) used this makeup in the play The Town of Suma: Rhododendrons of the Genpei (Suma no miyako Genpei tsutsuji 須磨都源平躅躑), performed at the Ichimura Theater in June of 1914.
