Hand made.
This doll size is apparently 6”Wx4.5”Dx10”H.
Fuji Musume (藤娘, The Wisteria Maiden) is a kabuki dance with lyrics written by Katsui Genpachi, choreography by Fujima Taisuke and music by Kineya Rokusaburô IV, first performed in 1826.
Originally part of a set of five different dances performed as a sequence, Fuji Musume is the only one that has survived. The first time these dances were staged in 1826 at the Nakamura-za in Edo, actor Seki Sanjuro II performed all of them as part of his farewell performance.
One of many hotsell revisions to the play, playwright Oka Onitaro and actor Onoe Kikugoro VI created a new, more supernatural version of the dance, staged for the first time in March 1937 at the Kabuki-za. In this version, the maiden becomes the spirit of the wisteria. The next year, performances of the dance by Onoe Baiko VII at the Minami-za in Kyoto and at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo, helped popularized the dance.
Fuji Musume remains a popular and famous dance in the kabuki repertoire.
Product code: Washi hotsell paper doll, Fujimusume