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The Actor Segawa Kikunojō

The Actor Segawa Kikunojō

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-15-2009

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• people
• woman
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• lady
• play
• japanese
• comedy
• asian
• theater
• actor
• actress
• geisha

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TITLE:  Segawa KikunojōTITLE TRANSLATION:  The actor Segawa Kikunojō. CALL NUMBER:  FP 2 - JPD, no. 235 (A size) [P&P]Restricted access; material extremely fragile; please use online digital image. REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-jpd-00238 (digital file from original print) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows the actor Segawa Kikunojō III, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of a geisha. MEDIUM:  1 print : woodcut, color ; 32 x 14.7 cm. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [between ca. 1781 and 1783] CREATOR: Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793, artist. NOTES: Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Segawa, Kikunojō--III,--1751-1810. Actors--Japan--1780-1790. Geishas--Japan--1780-1790. Female impersonators--Japan--1780-1790. FORMAT: Ukiyo-e Japanese 1780-1790.Woodcuts Japanese Color 1780-1790. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original print) jpd 00238 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/jpd.00238 CONTROL #:  2009615229