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Bandô Tomisaburô as Princess Katsura, seated by a waterfall

Ashiyuki

Artwork Details

Bandô Tomisaburô as Princess Katsura, seated by a waterfall
1810-1830
Ashiyuki
color woodblock print on paper
14 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (37.3 x 25.2 cm); ;
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.612

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The onnagata actor Bandô Tomisaburô is otherwise unknown. Given that the artist Ashiyuki worked in Osaka, we may surmise that Tomisaburô was active on the Osaka stage in the second or third decade of the nineteenth century.

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