The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Sumizome (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Goinosuke Yoshimine (left), in the Play Juni-hitoe Komachi-zakura, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1784 by Katsukawa Shunkō

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Sumizome (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Goinosuke Yoshimine (left), in the Play Juni-hitoe Komachi-zakura, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1784 c. 1784

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This woodblock print by Katsukawa Shunkō, titled "The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Sumizome (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Goinosuke Yoshimine (left), in the Play Juni-hitoe Komachi-zakura, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1784", depicts two actors in elaborate costumes. The print is a "yakusha-e", or actor print, a popular genre during the Edo period in Japan. The print captures the actors Segawa Kikunojo III and Ichikawa Monnosuke II in the famous kabuki play, "Juni-hitoe Komachi-zakura", providing insight into the popular theater of the time.

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