About this image...

Image Title: Yakusha Sangoku Shi, circa 1820

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

Date: Between 1820 and 1831

Summary: Prints show male actor dressed to play a woman and seated man.

Notes: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.]. New York: Harry N. Abrams, in association with the , 2001, no. 61, p. 118 and 119.|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, pp. 118-119.

Related Names: Hanagasa, Bunky?, 1785-1860|Japanese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) DLC

Subjects: Actors--Japanese--1820-1840
Kimonos--1820-1840
Women--Performances & portrayals--Japan--1820-1840

Original Media: Woodcut print

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