Posted by Michael Wilde (62.246.91.200) on March 03, 2004 at 15:17:48:
Hello!
On 01.03.04 my Baiten.de project went online again.
There is also a new project I've started several weeks ago: I want to compile faces, mon and cartouches of all kabuki actors - as far as I could get them. For all noncommercial purposes the access to the database will be for free - in honour of our beloved hobby. The pictures should be ordered by names, by artists, by dates, by mon or by numbers of the cartouche' letters. So the examination of unknown actors may be easier...
The database is not online yet, as there are only 50 actors listed, which isn't that much for publishing.
I would be very, very pleased, if You could send me pictures of actors' cartouches, faces and mons, including printing dates, names of actors and artists.
Also I am looking for some descriptive pictures for the entries in the encyclopedia.
So I would be very happy, if You may have a look at my entries and if You may send me suited pictures of prints You own to insert them into the appropriate texts.
Here is the link to the encyclopedia, which is far from being finished:
http://www.baiten.de/lexikon.aspx
(Sorry, the page is in German only. Considering the work on the database to be done, I cannot afford the time to write additional texts in English. This language isn't my mother tongue...)
Of course hints, additional information and corrections are wellcomed, too!
Many thanks and kind regards!
Michael Wilde