Japanese Cross-Dressing Performance: Kabuki and Onnagata in Taishō and Early Shōwa Japan, Photo Archive, ca. 1910s–1920s
[Cross dressing] [Japan] [Kabuki] Japanese Kabuki onnagata portrait archive documenting male actors specializing in female roles, a codified theatrical practice central to Kabuki performance history since the early Edo period. Gender play in Kabuki was not only an aesthetic convention but also a cultural commentary as onnagata roles shaped ideals.....

