Dekishima Hanya Seated on a Cherry Tree, Torii Kiyonobu, ca. 1700–05


Dekishima Hanya Seated on a Cherry Tree, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1700–05, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 22 x 12 3/4 in. ( x cm), Prints, Torii Kiyonobu (Japanese, 1664–1729), Dekishima Hanya was a very popular Kabuki actor of female roles in the beginning of the eighteenth century. Here we see him seated on a cherry tree with his kamon or family crest prominently displayed on his shoulder and hovering above him


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