![四代目中村芝翫 [Nakamura Shikan IV] and 三代目 沢村田之助 [Sawamura Tanosuke III] as top ranking courtesans (keisei). The print by: 豊国画 [Toyokuni], 1860, the year of Sawamura's debut under that name on the Kabuki stage. Sawamura was, without question, one of the greatest onnagata of all time. He died prematurely in 1875, a triple amputee as a result of gangrene, leaving Japan sans a first-rate onnagata through 1900 and beyond (the efforts of Ichikawa Danjuro IX and Onoe Kikugoro V notwithstanding). Sawamura’s fashion sense set contemporaneous female taste, style which, to this day, pervades the Japanese psyche, especially evidenced in bridal wear. Nakamura Shikan IV was noted for his versatility, both in masculine, heroic roles, and in onnagata.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Actors_in_1860.jpg)
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四代目中村芝翫 [Nakamura Shikan IV] and 三代目 沢村田之助 [Sawamura Tanosuke III] as top ranking courtesans (keisei). The print by: 豊国画 [Toyokuni], 1860, the year of Sawamura's debut under that name on the Kabuki stage. Sawamura was, without question, one of the greatest onnagata of all time. He died prematurely in 1875, a triple amputee as a result of gangrene, leaving Japan sans a first-rate onnagata through 1900 and beyond (the efforts of Ichikawa Danjuro IX and Onoe Kikugoro V notwithstanding). Sawamura’s fashion sense set contemporaneous female taste, style which, to this day, pervades the Japanese psyche, especially evidenced in bridal wear. Nakamura Shikan IV was noted for his versatility, both in masculine, heroic roles, and in onnagata. |
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