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Yamashita Kyonosuke as Ono no Komachi

Edo period (1615–1868), 1768
Color woodblock print; hosoban
31 × 14.1 cm (12.2 × 5.6 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

In this Kabuki actor print, Yamashita Kyōnosuke wears a robe strewn with cherry blossoms and carries a fan in one hand and a poem sheet in the other to represent Ono no Komachi, a famed ninth-century poet. The artist identified the Kabuki stage by showing rolled-up blinds above the figure. The poet’s name is written in small characters, while the actor’s name is written in larger characters.

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