Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play "Katakiuchi Noriyaibanashi". Artist: Toshusai Sharaku (Japanese, active 1794-95). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 15 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (38.4 x 25.1 cm). Date: ca. 1794.This portrait features another actor impersonating a female character, in this case an oiran, or high-ranking courtesan, in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters of Edo. But there is another layer to this act: the character portrayed, Kewaizaka no Shosho, is here pretending to be another character in the play, Shinobu. Kewaizaka affects the mannerisms of this haughty temptress with the lewd gesture of extruding her fingers from a fold of her kimono. The long thin pipe in her hand punctuates this gesture. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play "Katakiuchi Noriyaibanashi". Artist: Toshusai Sharaku (Japanese, active 1794-95). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 15 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (38.4 x 25.1 cm). Date: ca. 1794.This portrait features another actor impersonating a female character, in this case an oiran, or high-ranking courtesan, in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters of Edo. But there is another layer to this act: the character portrayed, Kewaizaka no Shosho, is here pretending to be another character in the play, Shinobu. Kewaizaka affects the mannerisms of this haughty temptress with the lewd gesture of extruding her fingers from a fold of her kimono. The long thin pipe in her hand punctuates this gesture. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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