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Nanatsumen
七つ面
A print of the play designed by Torii Tadakiyo and Torii Kiyosada (of the Torii school). The actor playing Kakoyo Akaemon is Ichikawa Danjūrō IX.
Written byFujimoto Tobun
Date premiered1740
Place premieredJapan
Original languageJapanese

Nanatsumen (七つ面) is a play in the Kabuki repertoire, and one of the celebrated Kabuki Jūhachiban ("Eighteen Great Plays"). The play is known in English as The Seven Masks.

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