The Onnagata Actor Hanagiri Toyomatsu (Shisei) III as Ohaya

1793

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The actor Toyomatsu III (1743–1796) earned renown in Osaka and Kyoto as an onnagata (male actor of women’s roles). Here he is shown in a performance late in his career of the courtesan Ohaya in the play Hirai Gonpachi’s Visits to Yoshiwara). Hirai Gonpachi was a rōnin (masterless samurai) of the Tottori fief in western Japan who fled to Edo after committing a murder, and had ill-fated affairs in the Yoshiwara licensed quarters.

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「おはや　花桐四声」(三代目豊松)
Title: The Onnagata Actor Hanagiri Toyomatsu (Shisei) III as Ohaya
Artist: Ryūkōsai Jokei 流光斎如圭 (Japanese, active 1777–1809)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 1793
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical hosoban
Dimensions: H. 12 1/16 in. (30.6 cm); W. 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Object Number: JP1306
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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