Okuni Kabuki, mid 17th century, Unknown Japanese, 21 × 76 15/16 in. ( × cm) (image)25 1/2 × 81 13/16 × 1/2 in. ( × × cm) (mount), Ink, color, and gold leaf on paper, Japan, Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, The screen shows a raucous street scene in the entertainment quarter of Kyoto and a performance by Izumo no Okuni, the shrine priestess credited as the founder of the Kabuki theater. Okuni, dressed as a samurai, is performing one of her most famous skits, 'Teahouse Entertainments' ('Chaya asobi'). She and her 'male' attendant (who is played by a woman) perform a dance

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