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Onoe Kikugoro I as Kuzunoha
Onoe Kikugoro I as Kuzunoha
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Onoe Kikugoro I as Kuzunoha

Artist/Culture (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Date1742
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color of paper; beni-e, urushi-e (hand-colored "lacquer print")
Dimensionshoso-e: 28.9 x 39.4 cm (11 3/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
MarkingsPublisher:Gourd-shaped seal
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.317
DescriptionHosoban
Label TextOnoe Kikugoro I as Kuzunoha, wife of Abe no Yasuna, in "Furisode Shinoda-zuma," the kaomise play at Ichimura-za on the 1st day of the 11th month of Kanpo 2 (November 27, 1742) and for about six weeks thereafter. This was Kikugoro's debut in Edo.
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