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'Xylophone Song' - Man playing musical instrument

Kuniyoshi, 1850, Wood cut
'Xylophone Song' - Man playing musical instrument
'Xylophone Song' - Man playing musical instrument
'Xylophone Song' - Man playing musical instrument
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Item no
316
Title
'Xylophone Song' (Mokkin no uta)
Description
'This shows a Kabuki actor in the role of a blind musician playing a Chinese-style wooden xylophone and singing the song transcribed above. This was one role typically performed as part of a series of seven or more done with quick changes of costume (nana-gawari).' [Information supplied by T. Clark]
The play's central character was Tenjiku Tokubei, a boatman from China with the power to change into a giant frog.
The original owner of the print may have practised singing the 'Xylophone Song' at home for his or her own entertainment.
Artist / maker
Date
1850
Size
35.5 x 24 cm.
Type
Location
Art and Design Library
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Digital FileElectronic file 72 dpi JPEG​
£7.32(inc. VAT 20%)
Digital FileElectronic File 300 dpi TIFF​
£37.20(inc. VAT 20%)
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