# Segawa Tomisaburō II as Yadorigi in the Play "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga", in Tōshūsai Sharaku

Tōshūsai Sharaku designed this in 1794. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> Segawa Tomisaburō II, an onnagata, or male specialist in female roles, plays Yadorigi in the play Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga, staged in Edo in 1794.

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## The work

- Date: 1794
- Medium: Woodblock print; ink, color, white mica on paper
- Dimensions: H. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
- Type: Prints
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, JP3112
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Tōshūsai Sharaku](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/toshusai-sharaku), Japanese

Sharaku remains one of the puzzles of Japanese art. Within about ten months in 1794–95 he designed some 140 portraits of kabuki actors for the publisher Tsutaya Jūzaburō, then disappeared from the record.

8 works in the collection.

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