The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II Dancing with a Parasol

Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792)

late 1770s

Medium
color woodblock print
Classification
Print
Dimensions
Image: 33.3 x 14.6 cm (13 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Art
Credit line
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

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