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A Famous Actor of Women's Roles by Kitao Shigemasa — VisualArtsDB

A Famous Actor of Women's Roles

A Famous Actor of Women's Roles

Kitao Shigemasa

1754–1774

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm); W. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Ono no Tofu Watching a Leaping Frog

Ono no Tofu Watching a Leaping Frog

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Women's Bathhouse and Laundry

Women's Bathhouse and Laundry

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Three Types of Chrysanthemums

Three Types of Chrysanthemums

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The Actors Bando Hikosaburo II as Watanabe no Tsuna and Matsumoto Tomijuro as Hakamadare no Yasusuke in the play "Furitsumu Hana Nidai Genji," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1765

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Picture of the Eastern Beauties

Picture of the Eastern Beauties

Kitao Shigemasa, 1772

Women Holding Boy who is Reaching Out to Young Man Below

Women Holding Boy who is Reaching Out to Young Man Below

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Plum Tree in Blossom

Plum Tree in Blossom

Kitao Shigemasa, 1813

Two Geishas and a Maid

Two Geishas and a Maid

Kitao Shigemasa, 1780

A Geisha and Her Maid

A Geisha and Her Maid

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Arashi Otohachi I as a Famous Comedian

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Courtesans of Otawaraya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of Otawaraya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

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No. 5: Noda River in Mutsu Province, from the series "Six Jewel Rivers of the Floating World (Ukiyo Mu Tamagawa)"

No. 5: Noda River in Mutsu Province, from the series "Six Jewel Rivers of the Floating World (Ukiyo Mu Tamagawa)"

Kitao Shigemasa, 1764