[CHITOSE-ZA THEATRE].

[A coloured moveable copper engraved plate]. Tokyo (Nihonbashi), Fukuda Eizo, 1884.

. Comprises a two-page print (50.5 x 36.8 cm) with one upper part depicting the exterior of the Chitose-za Theatre and a lower part showing its interior. Printed in bold and bright colours. One small hole in the upper right area and one small stain on the reverse side in the middle, otherwise in very good condition. The Chitose-za Theatre in the district of Hisamatsu-ch› in Tokyo was first opened in 1873 as the Kisho-za Theatre, renamed in 1885 when Kato Ichitaro saved the theatre from bankruptcy. It burned down in 1890 but has been rebuilt more than once over the years. Since 1893 it has been known as the Meiji-za Theatre which still holds kabuki and other performances.

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Book number: 120762

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asien, asie, asiatic, theatre, theater, teater, acting, kabuki, illustrated, ephemera,

ARAI, YOSHIMUNE (Artist) & FLORENZ, KARL (Transl.):

Scènes du théátre japonais. Hiragami-bon. L'école de village (Terakoya). Drame historique en un acte. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, éditeur, 1900.

. Large 8vo. Pp. (iv), vi, 32, 9. Richly illustrated with coloured woodcuts. Leaves double folded in the oriental fashion. Original decorated boards, chipped along edges. Internally fine. First edition published in connection with the Universal Exposition of 1900 at Paris. The first part presents the famous play Terakoya (temple school) comprising 13 different scenes accompanied with lovely colour illustrations. The second part is devoted to Japanese theater settings, stage, musicians and their instruments, stagehands, etc.

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Book number: 120157

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, theater, theatre, teater, illustrated,

JULIEN, STANISLAS (Translator):

Hoei-Lan-Ki, ou l'histoire du cercle de craie, drame en prose et en vers. Printed for the Oriental Translation Fund. London, John Murray, 1832.

. Pp. (iv), vi - xxxiii, (2), 149, (3) + adv. 8. With engraved frontispiece. Uncut copy in original wrappers, spine strengthened. Ex. library copy. First edition. This Ming Dynasty drama by Li Hsing-tao is better known under the title "The Chalk Circle". It became the principal source for Bertold Brecht's "Caucasian Chalk Circle". The story is about Judge Pao, who places an infant inside a chalk circle to determine his real mother. Cordier BS 1786. Lust 1114.

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Book number: 25004

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, asia, asie, asien, orient, east, asiatica, far east, east india, china, kina, chine, teatre, drama, chinese,

KLEEN, TYRA (AF):

Vajang (Javansk teater). Stockholm 1930.

. Folio. Text volume: pp. 34 in original printed wrapper. The plates as issued with 29 loose plates of which 24 with coloured images and 12 with b/w illustrations, all pasted on thick paper. Bound in unusual silk-covered folder, lettered in black, silk ties, top of spine slightly chipped. Presentation copy.First edition, published in a limited edition of 300 copies. This is one of 50 with five additional coloured plates. We believe this to be a unique copy, probably one of the author's own copies because of the dedication and the exclusive silk cover. Provenance: Hanna Maria Palme (1861-1959), Swedish social activist and grandmother of Olof Palme (the late well-known prime minister).Tyra Kleen (1874-1951) was a renowned Swedish artist who spent many years in Asia. She came to Indonesia in 1919 and became particularly fascinated by the theatre and art of dances in Java and Bali. This work is devoted to Vajang, the ancient theatre tradition of Java. The author describes in detail the procedure of a Vajang performance including beautiful illustrations made after Tyra's watercolour drawings. 

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Book number: 121324

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, indonesia, indonesian, bali, java, javanese, balinese, travel, exploration, theater, theatre, culture, dance, dances, asia, asie, asiatic, asien

MOUSSINAC, LÉON:

[AVANT-GARDE THEATRE]. Tendances nouvelles du théatre choix de décors, costumes, détails de mise en scène utilisés dans les représentations les plus originales de ces quinze dernières années. Précédé de remarques sur les récentes recherches de l'art du théatre. Paris, Les éditions Albert Lévy, 1931.

. Folio (38 x 28 cm). Pp. 35. With 124 heliotype plates printed on one side only, most with multiple images. 37 fully or partly coloured with pochoir technique in the studio of J. Saude. Recased in modern half calf on marbled paper boards, lightly rubbed. Housed in matching folder. Bound with original printed wrappers.First edition, limited to 615 copies, this is no. 151. A spectacular work devoted to the avant-garde theatre in Europe, Russia and United States. Illustrated with numerous pictures of costumes, set designs, staging details etc. used in the most ground-breaking performances of the previous years. Includes photographic illustrations and brightly coloured pochoir images. Designers include Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Alexander Rodchenko, Alexandra Exter, Enrico Prampolini, Norman Bel Geddes, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and directors Vsevolod Meyerhold, Erwin Piscator, Max Reinhardt, and many more. A wonderful copy of a substantial work. Cf Colas, 2145 bis.

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Book number: 120617

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, theatre, illustrated, avant-garde, teater, costumes, pochoir, france, french, stage, setting, design,

TZARA, TRISTAN / DELAUNAY, SONIA (Ills.):

Le coeur à gaz: costumes de Sonia Delaunay. [Paris], Jacques Damase, [1977].

. Narrow folio portfolio. Size: 21 x 45 cm. As issued on heavy paper. With 51 numbered pages printed on recto only on (17) folded sheets + 2 pages and one blank. Comprises the text of the play "Le coeur à gaz" by Dadaist writer Tristan Tzara. Accompanied by twelve lithographs by Sonia Delaunay. Includes seven theatre costumes by Sonia Delaunay which are colour reproductions of the gouache maquettes made for the performance at Théátre Michel in 1923, two more double page lithographs (one issued as extra title page and one with two costumes) and three lithographed decorations in the text. Original card covers with striking design in black, red and cream. Limited edition of 150 copies, of which this is no. XXI (of XXV reserved for collaborators) on this publication and signed by S. Delaunay on the colophon. (The first 25 copies, nos. 1- 25, in the series were accompanied by a supplementary suite of 7 signed lithographs). A gorgeous copy of this beautiful and scarce work. Tristan Tzara (1896-1963) was the famous Roman-born writer and artist who was known to be one of the central figures in the anti-establishment Dada movement. His noted play "Le cÏur à gaz" was first staged as part of the 1921 "Dada Salon" at the Galerie Montaigne in Paris. It was written as a parody of classical drama in the form of an absurd dialogue between characters named after human body parts; mouth, ear, eye, nose, neck and eyebrow (Tzara himself). The second stage production, also titled "Le CÏur à barbe" was performed at Théátre Michel in July 1923. Sonia Delaunay, the famous Ukrainian-born French artist, designed and costumed the production. She created bright-coloured eccentric geometric-shaped suits of thick cardboard. The play has been seen as the last event in Dada's development as a cultural movement.

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Book number: 120290

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, art deco, design, costumes, fashion, theatre, theater, french, play, art, lithographs, illustration, teater, mode,