The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II Dancing with a Parasol

Description

The dancer's robe is decorated with the crests of three kabuki actors: Ichimura Uzaemon IX, Nakamura Nakazo I, and Nakamura Tomijuro I.

Provenance

Blondeau (sale: Sotheby, 1910, lot 108); Lady Graham Little (sale: Sotheby & Co., October 5, 1964, lot 66); Hans Popper (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, October 5, 1972, lot 98); Eugene V. Thaw

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II Dancing with a Parasol

Katsukawa Shunshō

late 1770s

Accession Number

1985.354

Medium

color woodblock print

Dimensions

Image: 33.3 x 14.6 cm (13 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith