Title: 岩手鬼剣舞 (Iwate Devil Sword Dance).
Artist: Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981).
Signed & Dated: Signed and titled in pencil to margins. 岩手鬼剣舞 (Iwate Devil Sword Dance), 奥山儀八郎自摺 (Okuyama Gihachiro jizuri (self-printed)). Circa 1960/70’s. Artist seal lower left of image.
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Paper Size: Approx H: 24.00cm x W: 48.00cm.
Condition: Excellent. Sharp, crisp image face. Please refer to photos / Contact for any further questions & condition report.
Notes: An age-old folk dance performed in Iwate prefecture for over one-thousand years. Every August, hundreds of dancers lead three days of folk festivities in Kitakami city - “The Devil’s/Demon Sword Dance (Oni-Kenbai)” being the main event of the Michinoku Geino Festival. In Okuyama’s print we can immediately make out the leader of the dance (“Ichikembai”) wearing the white mask. *(Pencil Signed) - Of Okuyama’s rarer, larger sized, pencil signed edition.
Visit Kitakami, Iwate: The Official Kitakami Guide: Onikembai.
Title: 岩手鬼剣舞 (Iwate Devil Sword Dance).
Artist: Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981).
Signed & Dated: Signed and titled in pencil to margins. 岩手鬼剣舞 (Iwate Devil Sword Dance), 奥山儀八郎自摺 (Okuyama Gihachiro jizuri (self-printed)). Circa 1960/70’s. Artist seal lower left of image.
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Paper Size: Approx H: 24.00cm x W: 48.00cm.
Condition: Excellent. Sharp, crisp image face. Please refer to photos / Contact for any further questions & condition report.
Notes: An age-old folk dance performed in Iwate prefecture for over one-thousand years. Every August, hundreds of dancers lead three days of folk festivities in Kitakami city - “The Devil’s/Demon Sword Dance (Oni-Kenbai)” being the main event of the Michinoku Geino Festival. In Okuyama’s print we can immediately make out the leader of the dance (“Ichikembai”) wearing the white mask. *(Pencil Signed) - Of Okuyama’s rarer, larger sized, pencil signed edition.
Visit Kitakami, Iwate: The Official Kitakami Guide: Onikembai.
