PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-njpa-4-1768 (J1601.006)

PARENT COLLECTION

Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Japanese" Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Kikugoro VI poses for a portrait bust. (Tokyo) September 29, 1935. After Mr. Gertrude Boyle, a woman sculptor, saw a play featuring Kikugoro VI, she decided she would like a sculpture of him because his face is fascinating as a Japanese man. Yanagisawa, chief of the third section of Cultural [?] of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan, introduced her to Kikugoro, who had on the theatrical costume of Tarokaja, at 6 p.m. in the dressing room of the Kabuki Theater. Ms. Boyle will meet Kikugoro to make a portrait bust of him two or three times per week at the theater. In the picture are Ms. Boyle, left, and Kikugoro, right."

CONTRIBUTOR

Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation

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