OBATA TSUTOMU (小畑勉)

1989 

 




[The lion dance of the Otowaya Guild in the kabuki dance performance "Kagami Jishi"]
 
[Among the Annual Customs Kabuki 12 Zodiac Signs] 
Kichirei Kabuki Ju-ni Shi no Uchi (吉例歌舞妓十二支の内)
 
[New Repertorie of 18 Kabuki Plays in Honor of the Year of the Boar]
Kabuki 18Toshi ni Chinami Shin Kabuki Jûhachiban (亥歳に因み新歌舞妓十八番)
 
Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
 
[Otowaya Guild's Lion Spirit] Otowaya no Shishi no Sei (音羽屋の獅子の精)

Dance: Shunkyô Kagami Jishi  (春興鏡獅子)
Print Date: 1989
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: Although the seller gave the date of the print as 1989, the inscription referencing the
Year of the Boar would suggest that the year was 1983 or 1995.