The Actor Nakamura Noshoi II as a Street Walker (Actor Nakamura Noshoi II as a Tsujikimi)
Artist/Culture
Katsukawa Shunzan
Datebefore 1787
Mediummulticolored woodblock print
Dimensionshoso-e: 30.4 x 13.3 cm (11 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.429
DescriptionThe actor Nakamura Noshio II as a tsujikimi (street woman) of the lowest class. She is dressed in a white kimono and a pinkand white striped obi and has a white cloth thrown over her head. Under her right arm she holds a roll of matting. She stands near a cryptomeria tree and a sign-post inscribed "From here the road to the Katsura River."On View
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