The Actor Oneo Kikugoro in the Role of Soga no Goro, Torii Kiyomasu I, ca. 1748


The Actor Oneo Kikugoro in the Role of Soga no Goro, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1748, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 12 3/8 in. ( cm); W. 5 7/8 in. ( cm), Prints, Torii Kiyomasu I (Japanese, active 1696–1716), The kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō stands at the corner of a building near a water tank. The blossoming plum tree heralds the new year and the hidden calendar shows the long and short months of the lunar year


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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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