Art Archive • Sharaku
Ukiyo-e
Ōkubi-e
Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play Katakiuchi Noriyaibanashi
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Tōshūsai Sharaku. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).
About this work
Kewaizaka no Shōshō from A Medley of Tales of Revenge — an onnagata playing a young shōjo role with delicate, theatrical precision.
Matsumoto Yonesaburō performs Kewaizaka no Shōshō in A Medley of Tales of Revenge. Gender performance and age type collapse into one scrutinized face.
Viewing notes
Compare shōjo line treatment with mature onnagata such as Miyagino.
Notice how Sharaku signals youth through rounder facial contours, not props.
Zoom the hair ornament area for fine line work that survives Met scanning.
Extended Japanese viewing notes: 初世松本米三郎の化粧坂の少将.