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Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as Ono no Komachi (?)


三代瀬川菊之丞の小野小町ヵ
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1784 (Tenmei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 32.4 x 14.3 cm (12 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4222
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPossibly a diptych: 11.18278 (left), 21.4222 (right)

Play: Jûni-hitoe Komachi-zakura
Theater: Kiri
重重重小町桜(じゅうにひとえこまちざくら)
桐(市村)

For a detailed synopsis of the play, see Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), pp. 36-48.
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
ProvenanceNovember 1912, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.