Bugaku

Performance Place: Kasuga Shrine
Performance Date: 1922?
Print Date: 1922
Artist: Nakazawa Hiromitsu (中澤弘光)
Series: Nihon Taikan #18
Personal Collection
 
 
 

                
Tokyo, Imperial Court Orchestra (aka Gagaku [sic: Bugaku] Orchester]

Print Date: c. 1950s-1960s
Artist: Emma Bormann
Medium: Stencil Print
Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
 
 
 

                
Tokyo, Imperial Court Dancermaster as Sanju
(aka Tokyo Imperial Court Orchestra II)
 
Print Date: c. 1950s-1960s
Artist: Emma Bormann
Medium: Stencil Print
Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

                
Bugaku Orchester
 
Print Date: c. 1950s-1960s
Artist: Emma Bormann
Medium: Stencil Print
Image courtesy of Peter Pantzer
 
Note: Although at first blush this appears to be a color variant of
"Tokyo, Imperial Court Dancemaster as Sanju," there are changes
that go beyond changes in color and fabric patterns.
 
 
 

                
Tokyo Imperial Court Dancemaster[s] in front of big gong
(aka Imperial Court Dancers in front of the Dadaiko; Bugaku)

Print Date: c. 1950s-1960s
Artist: Emma Bormann
Medium: Stencil Print
Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[Bugaku Dance in Ise Shrine] Jingû Bugaku (神宮舞楽)

Dance: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten
 
                
 
 

                                 
                [Court Music; Bugaku (舞楽)]

                Print Date: ?
                Artist: Tomioka Eisen (富岡永洗)
                Image courtesy of Artelino.com

                Note: It is possible that this print was made prior to 1900.
                The print has been attributed to Eisen by the dealer but I
                have not been able to confirm this.