“The Dance of Angels Who Burn Their Wings”
Date
1973
Credits
- Hirano Kôga 2 Designer
Format
- Poster 1704
Type of Work
- Finished work 5484
Media
- paper 1353
Techniques
Dimensions
42 × 29 in
"A combined 'collaged' advertisement for the musical 'Tsubasa o Moyasu...' and the magazine 'Concerned Theatre Japan' in the style of a newspaper. Six articles on the poster are visions and memories concerning theatre written by the members of the Kokushoku Tent. Articles in black and white Japanese characters over orange, green, gray, and white images. Central frame is surrounded by articles on the play, the troupe, and past productions. At bottom left, the artist's reproduction of the new Black Tent Theatre. Ads for the troupe's Japanese- and English-language magazines are at center of bottom half. At upper left, photograph of playwright/director Satoh Makota. At upper right, photographs of 34 Japanese men and women (the actors). Superimposed over the articles is the image of a suicidal warrior from 19th century painting by Ekin."—https://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1995-104-2