How does Actor Arashi Rikan II as Osome elucidate its abstract?
Actor Arashi Rikan II as Osome is an ukiyo-e woodblock print by Osaka print artist Ryūsai Shigeharu (柳斎 重春) (1802 – 1853). It depicts late Edo period kabuki actor, Arashi Rikan II as the lead female character in a scene from a popular play of the period. The print belongs to the permanent collection of the Prince Takamado Gallery of Japanese Art in the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada.
Royal Ontario Museum Edo ukiyo-e kabuki Edo period woodblock print Ryūsai Shigeharu Prince Takamado Osaka