Gallery 9C: Bunraku Postcards by Saito Seijiro
This gallery features postcards by the artist Saito Seijiro (1894-1973) depicting various scenes from Bunraku puppet theater performances. The cards vary in either showing the puppeteers in the traditional black clothing that is meant to hide them or in showing the puppeteers as uncovered. Additional depictions of bunraku puppets and performances can be found in the senjafuda and matchbox print galleries.
Ohan of the Shinanoya Shop from the play Obiya. 9.3 x 14.4 72
9.2 x 14.5 cm
From the play Tsuri-Onna (Fishing for a WIfe). 9.2 x 14.5 cm
Mikuki in the play Shôutsushi Asagao Banashi. 1930-1945 back. 9.3 x 14.4 cm
Scene from the play Kanjincho. 9.2 x 14.4 cm
14.4 x 9.2 cm
Cart Pulling Scene from The Secrets of Sugawara's Calligraphy. 1933 or earlier. 14.5 x 9.1 cm
Between 1933 and 1945. 14.5 x 9.2 cm
14.4 x 9.3 cm
Undated. 14.4 x 9.3 cm
1933 or earlier. 14.4. x 9.1 cm
Scene from the play Akoya. Undated. 14.4 x 9.1 cm
Between 1933 and 1945. 14.4 x 9.3 cm
Undated. 14.4 x 9.4 cm
1933 or earlier. 14.6 x 9.1 cm
Incense burning scene. Undated. 14.4 x 9.3 cm
Undated, 14.4 x 9.3 cm
From the play Modoribashi. 14.3 x 9.2 cm
1933 or earlier. 14.4 x 9.1 cm
Heron Maiden Dance. 1933 or earlier. 14.4 x 9.2 cm
Between 1933 and 1945. 14.5 x 9.3 cm
Mother and daughter. Between 1933 and 1945. 14.4 x 9.2 cm
1933 or earlier. 14.4 x 9.2 cm
1933 or earlier. 14.3 x 9.2 cm
From The Rise of the 1000 ryô Wrestler. Between 1933 and 1945. 14.4 x 9.3 cm
Between 1933 and 1945. 14.4 x 9.2 cm
From Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees. 1933 or earlier. 14.3 x 9.2 cm
1933 or earlier. 14.4 x 9.1 cm
1933 or earlier. 14.5 x 9.3 cm
Between 1933 and 1945. 14.5 x 9.3 cm
Yaoya Oshichi Climbing a Fire Tower. Undated. 14.4 x 9.2 cm
From the play Kuruwa Bunshô. Between 1933 and 1945. 4.3 x 9.2 cm
14.6 x 9.4 cm
14.4 x 9.2 cm
14.5 x 9.3 cm
14.5 x 9.2 cm
14.5 x 9.3 cm
14.2 x 9.0 cm
14.4 x 9.3 cm