Broadside advertisement for a James Brown concert at the Nippon Budokan: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A broadside featuring an image of James Brown with Japanese text. James Brown is on the left side of the broadside. He is wearing a silver colored suit with a burgundy shirt. He right arm is raised and he is pointing with his right hand. He is singing and a microphone can be seen next to him. On the bottom left side of broadside written in yellow text over the bottom of the image of James Brown is “Come on JB!” Yellow and white Japanese text is on the right side of the broadside. Several phone numbers for ticketing agencies are listed.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1992-1993
• Created by: Unidentified
• Owned by: James Brown, American, 1933 - 2006
• Subject of: Nippon Budokan, Japanese, founded 1964
• Type: portraits
• Type: broadsides
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 14 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (36.2 x 51.4 cm)
• Place used: Tokyo, Kanto, Japan, Asia
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communication
• Topic: Funk (Music)
• Topic: Soul (Music)
• Object number: 2008.7.17
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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