Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 111865

The Onnagata Actor Nakamura Noshiö II as Gotobei's Wife, Tokujo in the Play Kaeribana Yukimo Yoshitsune

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Kunimasa歌川国政
Date / 年代
1795
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
Digital record / 画像記録
302 × 450 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Honolulu Museum of Art
Published by / 公開者
黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Honolulu Museum of Art

Catalog note / 解説

This print depicts Noshiö as the courtesan Shöshö, sweetheart of Gorö, in the Kabuki drama Edo no Haru Kichirei Soga, (The New Year's Actor Parade of Soga-drama Roles) performed in the Miyako-za theater of Edo in 1797. An onnagata is a male actor in a female role. (from “Kabuki Actors on Stage” exhibition 4/14/2003-) ALT TEXT This print depicts Nakamura Noshiö II in the role of Sekijo in the play Kaeribana yuki no Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune of the Snow in Second Bloom), performed in Edo in 1795 as part of the Miyako-za Theater's annual kaomise, or "face-showing," event in which the troupe's new actors were presented to the public. Sekijo is the wife of Gotobei, a skilled tactician with an unfor…

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