Japanese Print "18 Kabuki Makeups - Tomomori" by Ueno Tadamasa
Artist:Ueno Tadamasa
Title:18 Kabuki Makeups - Tomomori
Date:1941.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
"Kumadori Juhachi-ban" (Eighteen Kabuki Makeups). The examples of "kumadori" (theatrical facial make-ups in Kabuki). "Futari Tomomori-no-kuma" (Futari Tomomori Makeup) worn by the role of Taira no Tomomori. The blue tones of kumadori signifies the dead or the supernatural. This is the rarest design in the set.
