Kairaishi, The Actor Ichimura Takenojo VIII in the Role of a Puppeteer, showing Puppets to a Courtesan, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1715, Japan, Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper, 11 x 16 in. (27.9 x 40.6 cm), Prints, Torii Kiyomasu I (Japanese, active 1696–1716), The scene is probably taken from a play for the Kabuki actor Ichimura Takenojo VII is identified by the crest on his robe. And yet, the sight of a courtesan stopping in the streets of the Yoshiwara in Edo to enjoy the entertainment of an itinerant puppeteer must have been common enough
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Kairaishi, Actor Ichimura Takenojo VIII, Role, Puppeteer, showing Puppets, Courtesan, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1715, Japan, Monochrome woodblock print, ink, paper, 11 x 16, 27.9 40.6 cm, Prints, Torii Kiyomasu I, Japanese, active, 1696–1716, scene, play, Kabuki actor, Ichimura, Takenojo, VII, identified, crest, robe, yet, sight, courtesan stopping, streets, Yoshiwara, Edo, enjoy, entertainment, itinerant puppeteer, must, common enough
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