A Kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan in the costume of Yaegaki Hime (Princess Yaegaki) in a photographic studio, in front of a plain background.

  • Moriyama, S.
Date:
[approximately 1900]
Reference:
541676i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
  • Pictures

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced September 2022: A male actor posing as an elderly woman in a photographic studio, in front of a plain background.

Publication/Creation

[approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Japanese characters written on the verso probably describe the actor and the role

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 541676i

Ownership note

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.

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