Okuni Kabuki, first quarter 17th century, Unknown Japanese, 32 × 97 3/8 in. ( × cm) (image)36 3/4 × 102 1/8 × 5/8 in. ( × × cm), Ink, color, and gold on gilded paper, Japan, 17th century, The screen shows a lively theater scene in the entertainment quarter of Kyoto and a performance of female courtesans also dressed as men. The performance shows 'Tea House Entertainments' (chaya asobi) and could therefore relate to Izumo no Okuni whose most famous skit this was and she is credited as the founder of the Kabuki theater

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