MARIONETTES
(マリオネット)

                
[Marionettes Performance by the D'Arc Troupe]

Performance Date: 1893
Print Date: c. 1900-1901
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [Brocades of the Capital] Miyake no Nishiki (都の錦)
Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 


 

                 
[Puppet Show] Ayatsuri Katsu Setsu Suzume (Hanayashiki nite Konoshima fusu)
(あやつり活切雀（花屋敷にて催ふす))
 
Print Date: 11/10/09
Artist: Sakamoto Hanjirô (坂本繁二郎)
Published in Hôsun (方寸), Vol. 3, No. 8 (November 10, 1909)
Medium: Lithograph
Image courtesy of the British Museum
 
 
 
 

                 
March of the Marionettes (aka Promenade of the Marionettes)

Print Date:  1925
Artist: Bertha Lum
Medium: Raised line print
Image courtesy of www.bertha-lum.org
 
 
 

                 
Marionette with Parasol

Print Date:  1927
Artist: Bertha Lum
Medium: Raised line print
Image courtesy of www.bertha-lum.org
 
 
 

                 
Flirtation (aka "Two Marionettes")

Print Date:  1927
Artist: Bertha Lum
Medium: Raised line print
Image courtesy of www.bertha-lum.org
 
 
 

                 
Three Marionettes

Print Date:  1927
Artist: Bertha Lum
Image courtesy of www.bertha-lum.org
 
 
 

                 
Marionettes of Three Western Couples and a Man in Military Uniform

Print Date:  1927
Artist: Bertha Lum
Image courtesy of www.bertha-lum.org
 
 
 

                 
Promenade of the Warriors

Print Date:  1927
Artist: Bertha Lum
Medium: ?
 
Note: Although an image is not currently available, this
is another marionette print.
 
 

[Western Marionnette] 
Seiyo Ayatsuri Ningyô (西洋操人形)
 
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 6 号
Date: 09/01/32
Artist: Nakata Kazuo (中田一男)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

[Marionette] Marionetto (マリオネット)

Play:  ?
Artist: Maeda Tôshirô (前田藤四郎)
Publication: Hitsuji Tsuchi (羊土), 第 2 号
Date: 12/10/32
 
Note: Although the image is in black
and white, the print is in color.  
 
 
 

[Singing Clown Under the Window of the Princess]
Ôjo no Sôka de Uta fu Dôkeshi
(王女の窓下で唄ふ道化師)

Play: Unknown Ayatsuri  Shibai
(あやつり芝居) [Puppet Play]
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Shimizu Masahiro (清水正博)
Published in Shin Hanga (新版画),
Vol. 7 (January 1, 1933)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

[Marionette (China)]
Ayatsuri Ningyô (Shina) (操り人形 (支那))

Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 23 号
Date: 02/01/34
Artist: Ryôji Chômei (料治潮鳴)
Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print
 
Note: Although the image is in black and white,
the print is in color.  
 
 
 
 

Nihana-men (二花面)

Publication:  Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 46 [47] 号
Date: 02/01/36
Artist: Liu Lun? (劉崙)
 
Note: Although the image is in black and white,
the print is in color. 
 
 
 

[Puppet Play] Kairaigi (傀儡戯).

Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 57 号
Date: 12/01/36
Artist: Ryôji Chômei (料治潮鳴)
 
Note: Although the image is in black
and white, the print is in color.
 
 
 
 

[Marionette] Marionetto (マリオネット)
 
Print Date: 2003
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint (ed. 75) 3
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Marionette - Whisper of Death]
Marionetto - Shi no Sasayaki
(マリオネット - 死の囁き)
 
Print Date: 2004
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint (ed. 75)
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Street Performers] Tsuji Geinin (辻芸人)

Date: ?
Artist: Kanazawa Kazuhiko
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