# Segawa Kikunojō III as Teruha

- By: Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792)
- Date: 1778
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Sheet: 32.4 x 14.6 cm (12 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: Sundry Purchase Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.157)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.157/1920.157_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Men perform all the roles in Kabuki, a form of Japanese theater. Some actors specialize in onnagata (女形), or female roles. Segawa Kikunojō III was one of the most famous onnagata actors of his day. Here, he plays a character called Teruha in what was once the center print of a triptych (a composition of three prints). Teruha is officiating a wrestling match that also involves red and white roosters.