Uchida KUICHI (1844–1875) - Lot 219

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Uchida KUICHI (1844–1875) - Lot 219
Uchida KUICHI (1844–1875) KABUKI. Ichikawa Metora I (1853–1879) dressed as a woman, circa 1872. Period albumen print, visiting card size, 10.5 x 6.3 cm. Adopted by the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke V, he was given the name Ichikawa Seikichi and trained as a wakaonnagata (an actor specializing in roles as young women). He took the name Ichikawa Metora I in 1865 and performed in Tokyo for fourteen years. Bibliography: Barbara E. Thornbury, Leonard C. Pronko, *A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance*, Samuel L. Leiter, ME Sharpe, 2002.
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