Workshop: The Play Kanadehon Chūshingura as a Template for Prints of Beautiful Women
September 26, 2005
Workshop: The Play Kanadehon Chūshingura as a Template for Prints of Beautiful Women
Ellis Tinios (Honorary Lecturer, School of History, University of Leeds)
403 Kent Hall, Columbia University (116th St. and Amsterdam Ave.)
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
This talk will examine the ways in which the eleven acts of Kanadehon Chūshingura (Copy Book of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers), the most popular of all Kabuki plays, were employed by Utamaro, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi as a template for sets of prints of beautiful women.
Co-sponsored by the Ukiyo-e Society of America, Inc.
