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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II Dancing with a Parasol
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The dancer's robe is decorated with the crests of three kabuki actors: Ichimura Uzaemon IX, Nakamura Nakazo I, and Nakamura Tomijuro I.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineThe Actor Segawa Kikunojo II Dancing with a Parasol, late 1770s. Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792). Color woodblock print; image: 33.3 x 14.6 cm (13 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.354
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