Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 147892

Female Impersonator - Kabukiza

Artist / 作者: Cyrus Leroy Baldridge
Date / 年代: 1937
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / robynbuntin
Digital record / 画像記録: 421 × 504 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
Published by / 公開者: 朱雀ハル
Rights / 権利: No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記: Robyn Buntin of Honolulu

Catalog note / 解説

Although the Kabuki theatre owes its origin to a woman, by the middle of the 17th century the tradition had become established that all roles should be played by men and boys, as in the English Elizabethan theatre. Although the particular actor is not identified in the title, he most probably is a member of the Nakamura family which tended to specialize in female characterization.

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