Portrait of Ichimura Takenojō and Sanjō Kantarō, Okimura Toshinobu, ca. 1793

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Portrait of Ichimura Takenojō and Sanjō Kantarō, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1793, Japan, Tan-e (hand-colored print); ink and color on paper, Aiban; H. 13 3/16 in. ( cm); W. 9 in. ( cm), Prints, Okimura Toshinobu (Japanese, active 1725–50), This print shows two actors before a single mirror. In Toshinobu's image, the male actor Sanjō Kantarō is depicted in a female role, with the actor Ichimura Takenojō seated in front of him. The mirror in the right foreground leads the viewer diagonally into the interior and also indicates the setting: the actors are in a dressing room preparing for a performance

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