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Image Title: Japanese Actor In His Dressing Room, 1831

Creator: Ry?sai, Shigeharu, 1803-1853, artist

Date: 1831

Summary: Illustration showing an actor sitting on a mat, pipe in hand, collecting his thoughts before his performance.

Notes: Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e : shadows, dreams, and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.], New York : Abrams in association with the , 2001, p. 119.

Related Names: Hanagasa, Bunky?, 1785-1860

Subjects: Actors--Japanese--Japan--1830-1840

Original Media: Woodcut print

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