7202906 Traditional Japanese theater: the machinists operate the rotating platform of the stage, 1900 (illustration) by Arai, Yoshimune (1873-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Traditional Japanese theater (kabuki): the machinists called black men (kourombo, kuroko or kurogo) operate the rotating platform of the stage (mawari-butai). Illustration by Yoshimune Arai (1873 - 1945) for a book published in Tokyo, Japan, in 1900: ???cenes from the Japanese Theater, the Village School (Terakoya)??; 穢 Patrice Cartier. All rights reserved 2022.