Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Yasio as an Oiran Standing, Facing to the Left, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1799, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 14 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (35.9 x 25.1 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819), Onnagata were male actors who played the female roles in Kabuki theater. Their costumes often rivaled the robes of the licensed courtesans. The actor Nakamura Noshio II is depicted here in the role of an oiran, the highest class of courtesan, but he is dressed in robes that again bring Ono no Komachi to mind
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Portrait, Actor Nakamura Yasio, Oiran Standing, Facing, Left, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1799, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 14 1/8 x 9 7/8, 35.9 25.1 cm, Prints, Katsukawa Shun'ei, Japanese, 1762–1819, Onnagata, male actors, played, female roles, Kabuki theater, costumes, rivaled, robes, licensed courtesans, actor Noshio, II, depicted, role, oiran, highest class, courtesan, dressed, again bring, Ono, no, Komachi, mind
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