
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II Dancing with a Parasol
Katsukawa ShunshōLinkedCulture matchlcp-78ef94f51c9d
- Date
- late 1770s
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 152537
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
The dancer's robe is decorated with the crests of three kabuki actors: Ichimura Uzaemon IX, Nakamura Nakazo I, and Nakamura Tomijuro I.
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Provenance & credit
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- Credit line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Provenance
- Blondeau | 1910: (Sotheby, 1910 sale, lot 108) | Lady Graham Little | October 5, 1964: (Sotheby & Co., October 5, 1964 sale, lot 66) | ?–1972: Hans Popper [1903–1971], consigned to Sotheby Parke Bernet for sale | October 5, 1972: (Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY, October 5, 1972 sale, lot 98) | Eugene V. Thaw [1927–2018], New York, NY | ?–1985: The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1985–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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