Author: Kyrova, Magda
Title: The Ear Catches the Eyes: Music in Japanese Prints
Description: Leiden. Hotei. 2000. First edition. Quarto. Softcover. Very good (crease to front cover). 191 Pages, 150 colour plates, text in English. The Ear Catches the Eye is an English-language catalogue accompanying an exhibition of the same name that opened October 27, 2000 at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag in The Hague. It presents a clear picture of the diversity of Japanese instruments and their use in the Kabuki and No theatres during various festivals and within the celebrated Yoshiwara quarter. The basis of the exhibition are 170 prints depicting musical instruments. These works have been described at length by the Japanese print scholar Matthi Forrer. Illustrations of actual musical instruments have been supplied with commentary by Onno Mensink, and the history of the collection and installation of Japanese prints at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag has been enumerated upon by Magda Kyrova. A number of other authors have contributed essays on the Kabuki and No theatres, Japanese festivals and the Yoshiwara.

Keywords: japanese prints japan music