The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as a courtesan

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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as a courtesan

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Date
c. 1747
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; vertical oban diptych, beni-e
Culture
Japan
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

This is probably a portrait of the actor who played the courtesan Nishikigi in the play A Group of Sumo Wresters of the Izu Peninsula , which was performed at the Nakamura theater in December 1747. Since women were prohibited from acting onstage, female roles were taken by men called onnagata . The actor Segawa Kikunojo I was one of the most famous onnagata of the time. His crest ( mon ) appears on his sleeve.

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