On a womanless stage : Japan's greatest female impersonator

Kabuki actor, Onoe Kikugorō VI, in a famous dance scene from the play Honchō Nijūshikō (Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety).

Publication date: 1936-01-05

Size: 17.1 x 16.4 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Theatrical productions--Japan--1930-1940
• Actors--Japanese--Japan--1930-1940
• Kabuki--Japan--1930-1940
• Onoe, Kikugorō, 1885-1949
• Female impersonators--Japan--1930-1940
• Honchō nijūshikō

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (January 5, 1936), p. 2

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Shiba, Kimpei, 1903-

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Tribune (Firm)