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Actor Ichikawa Shōchō II as Oman
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Actor Ichikawa Shōchō II as Oman

Artist (Japanese, 1885 - 1942)
Date1920
PeriodTaishō period (1912–1926)
CultureJapanese
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper with applied mica
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineGift of Charles and Robyn Citrin, 2019
Object numberSN11668.2
This print commemorates the performance of the popular onnagata Ichikawa Shōchō II (1886–1940) as the courtesan Oman, in A Modern Satsuma Song, who is slain by her lover Genogobei in a jealous rage. The story is one of several dramatizations of a multiple murder that took place in Osaka in 1737, called Oman-Gengobei mono, or “Oman-Gengobei things.”
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DimensionsSheet: 16 5/16 × 11 7/16 in. (41.5 × 29 cm)
Image: 15 9/16 × 10 11/16 in. (39.5 × 27.1 cm)
Maiko
Yamamura Kōka (Toyonari)
1924