Nagauta Shamisen
Poster
1981 (made)
1981 (made)
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This is one of a series of posters designed in 1981 by twelve top Japanese graphic design artists under the curation of the art and design critic Masaru Katsumi. They commemorated a series of lectures, masterclasses and performances relating to five types of traditional Japanese theatre, dance and music. Performers calling themselves the Classical Performing Arts Friendship Mission of Japan spent five weeks performing on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, and across the country as part of the UCLA Asian Performing Arts Institute.
Nagauta, meaning love song, is the traditional lyrical musical accompaniment of Kabuki theatre, played on a Japanese three-stringed lute or shamisen, three drums and a flute.
Nagauta, meaning love song, is the traditional lyrical musical accompaniment of Kabuki theatre, played on a Japanese three-stringed lute or shamisen, three drums and a flute.
Object details
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| Title | Nagauta Shamisen (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Tour poster advertising Nagauta Shamisen music at UCLA, Washington and New York, 1981. Offset litho printed by Toppan printing, 1981 |
| Physical description | Pictorial and typographic. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp. |
| Object history | Associated Production: Nagauta Shamisen. Sponsor: University of California at Los Angeles Performing Arts Institute. 1981. Performance category: Asian performing arts. |
| Summary | This is one of a series of posters designed in 1981 by twelve top Japanese graphic design artists under the curation of the art and design critic Masaru Katsumi. They commemorated a series of lectures, masterclasses and performances relating to five types of traditional Japanese theatre, dance and music. Performers calling themselves the Classical Performing Arts Friendship Mission of Japan spent five weeks performing on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, and across the country as part of the UCLA Asian Performing Arts Institute. Nagauta, meaning love song, is the traditional lyrical musical accompaniment of Kabuki theatre, played on a Japanese three-stringed lute or shamisen, three drums and a flute. |
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| Accession number | S.9-1982 |
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| Record created | July 23, 2010 |
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