Male actors in female and male roles, Japan (Edo Period)1. Actor Iwai Kumesaburo I as Keisei Agemaki
Male actors in female and male roles, Japan (Edo Period)1. Actor Iwai Kumesaburo I as Keisei Agemaki. Art byutagawa toyokuni i, Ddo period, 17992. Actor Nakamura Tomijûrô I in the Lion Dance (Shakkyô), from a Dance of Seven Changes. Art by Katsukawa Shunko, 17783. Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Sutoku-in in 1780 OR as the Ghost of Ôtô no Miya in 1786, in the play Kitekaeru Nishiki No Wakayaka. Art by Katsukawa Shunko, Edo period, 1780 or 17864. Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as Yamauba, from the play Otokoyama Furisode Genji. Art by Katsukawa Shunko, Edo period, 1785 or 17895. Komachi at Sekidera Temple (Sekidera Komachi) featuring the actor Sawamura Tanosuke II. From the series Present-day Actors as the Seven Komachi (Imayô yakusha nana Komachi). Art by Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1812 -- source link
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