The Actor Segawa Kikunojō as a Courtesan of the Ōmiya Brothel

Creator Name

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

ca. 1786 (Tenmei 6)

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Woodblock print (nishiki-e)

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Title

The Actor Segawa Kikunojō as a Courtesan of the Ōmiya Brothel

Creator

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Japanese, 1726–1792, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

Vertical hosoban; Image: 12 1/4 × 5 11/16 in. (31.1 × 14.4 cm);
height: 31.115063centimetre;
width: 14.446279centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

ca. 1786 (Tenmei 6)

Provenance

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Actors; Women

Topic

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Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, The Actor Segawa Kikunojō as a Courtesan of the Ōmiya Brothel, ca. 1786 (Tenmei 6), Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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