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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