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The actor Nakamura Matsue as a woman holding a pipe, from A Picture Book of Theatrical Fans

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Title: The actor Nakamura Matsue as a woman holding a pipe, from A Picture Book of Theatrical Fans
Creator: Katsukawa Shunsho, Japanese, 1726-1792; published by Kariganeya Ihei
Date Created and/or Issued: 1770
Publication Information: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
Collection: Japanese Prints
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Page from an important book of 106 half-length portraits of kabuki actors, with fan-shaped borders, designed by Shunsho and Ippitsusai Buncho (1760-ca. 1794).
References: Binyon and Sexton 1
Inscription: Recto, Hayashi seal at center left
Type: image
Format: Oban, book page Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e) 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches
Form/Genre: Oban, book page
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt10000346
1969.4.2
Subject: Drama; actors; female impersonators

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