Kairaishi, The Actor Ichimura Takenojo VIII in the Role of a Puppeteer, showing Puppets to a Courtesan, Torii Kiyomasu I, ca. 17

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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. ( x 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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