Prints
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II Dancing with a Parasol
Woodblock Print
Details
- Author / creator
- Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792)
- Object type
- Date or period
- late 1770s
- Dimensions summary
- Image: 33.3 × 14.6 cm
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Acquisition method
- Donation
- Credit line
- Gift of Miss Dorothy Cardew, 1985
- Paper / support
- Japanese paper
- State and impression
- Proof before letters
About this object
The dancer's robe is decorated with the crests of three kabuki actors: Ichimura Uzaemon IX, Nakamura Nakazo I, and Nakamura Tomijuro I.
Materials and technique
Color woodblock print
Signature and marks
Signature: Shunsho ga
