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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II Dancing with a Parasol

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II Dancing with a Parasol

late 1770s
Location: not on view

Description

The dancer's robe is decorated with the crests of three kabuki actors: Ichimura Uzaemon IX, Nakamura Nakazo I, and Nakamura Tomijuro I.
  • Blondeau (sale: Sotheby, 1910, lot 108)
    Lady Graham Little (sale: Sotheby & Co., October 5, 1964, lot 66)
    Hans Popper (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, October 5, 1972, lot 98)
    Eugene V. Thaw
  • Later Japanese Rotation (Gallery 113); March 18 - July 13, 2004.
    A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).
    Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.
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