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The Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō II as a Woman Reading a Letter

Creator Name

Torii Kiyomitsu

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

ca. 1760s

About the work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description
Print

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Title

The Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō II as a Woman Reading a Letter

Creator

Torii Kiyomitsu, Japanese, 1735–1785, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

H. 28 1/8 in. (71.4 cm); W. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm);
height: 71.4centimetre;
width: 11.1centimetre

Technique

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Language

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Date

ca. 1760s

Provenance

Fletcher Fund, 1929

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

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Public Domain

Inscription

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Location

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Subjects

Women; Reading; Actors

Topic

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Torii Kiyomitsu, The Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō II as a Woman Reading a Letter, ca. 1760s, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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