Actors and musicians rehearsing (5765903498)

Accession number: 2009. 116. A display artist: utagawa toyokuni display title: actors and musicians rehearsing series title: amusements of actors on the third floor suite name: yakusha sangaikyo creation date: 1801 medium: woodblock height: 8 9/16 in. Width: 11 3/16 in. Display dimensions: 8 9/16 in. X 11 3/16 in. (21. 75 cm x 28. 42 cm) publisher: nishinomiya shinroku credit line: "gift of captain george b. Powell, jr. , jagc, usn in honor of dr. Howard a. Link and dr. Hiroko johnson" label copy: "toyokuni provided the color illustrations for a multi-volume book by his close friend, comic fiction writer shikitei sanba (17761822). This book focused on the lives of actors off-stage. Unlike other books and prints, toyokuni and sanba included non-celebrity actors and extras. Even though all kabuki actors were male, the dressing rooms for those playing male and female roles were on two separate floors of the theater. The third floor was reserved for actors playing male roles, while the onnagata (male actors playing female roles) dressed and rehearsed on the second floor. " collection: the san diego museum of art.