Act II, Scene 2: Along Train Tracks in America,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki 1879 Adachi Gink? ???? Japanese Gink? depicts a scene from a contemporary Kabuki play—conceived as a flamboyant showcase of all things Western—by the noted playwright Kawatake Mokuami (1816-1893). The central subject, the actor Ichikawa Danj?r? IX, is portraying a Japanese sailor who, after being shipwrecked in the United States, is traveling by train and is attacked by two Native Americans who have derailed the steam locomotive. For Japanese print artists, there was no template for depicting Native Americans, and Gink?’s representations evoke both Buddhist religious art, in which demons are represented with red skin, and stereotypical images of Native Americans created by white Americans and Europeans.. Act II, Scene 2: Along Train Tracks in America,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki. Adachi Gink? ???? (Japanese, active 1874-97). Jap
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