Nihon Buyo
1981
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1981
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This 1981 poster was made by Tanaka Ikko. It’s part of a set of twelve posters for UCLA’s Asian Performing Arts Institute. The posters help promote traditional Japanese theater and dance events. The series remembers a five-week tour by Japanese performers. They showed Nihon Buyo, a quiet dance with shamisen music. It started in the 1600s and includes Kabuki dance. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
