The Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojo in the Role of a Courtesan Reading a Letter

Creator Name

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

late 1740s

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Title

The Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojo in the Role of a Courtesan Reading a Letter

Creator

Ishikawa Toyonobu, Japanese, 1711–1785, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

H. 26 3/4 in. (67.9 cm); W. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm);
height: 67.9centimetre;
width: 24.4centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

late 1740s

Provenance

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Women; Reading; Actors

Topic

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Ishikawa Toyonobu, The Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojo in the Role of a Courtesan Reading a Letter, late 1740s, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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