Japanese Print "Nakamura Tomijiro as a Courtesan Burning a Letter" by Katsukawa Shunsho

Artist:Katsukawa Shunsho

Title:Nakamura Tomijiro as a Courtesan Burning a Letter

Date:mid-1770s

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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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The actor Nakamura Tomijuro as a keisei who stands beside a fire-box in which she is burning a letter, the flames rise high in the air. Her kimono is of pearl gray with a diaper pattern in white. Her obi is violet, without pattern; and she wears an uchikake (overdress) of a neutral, yellowish gray hue that has a pattern of butterflies.

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