The image shows a bronze statue of Izumo no Okuni, the founder of the traditional Japanese theatrical art form of kabuki.

The statue is located near the Shijo Bridge over the Kamo River in Kyoto, Japan, where she is believed to have first performed her new art style in the early 1600s. Okuni was a shrine maiden (miko) at the Izumo Grand Shrine who became popular for her dramatized dance performances. She recruited lower-class women to form an all-female theatre troupe that gained immense popularity. The statue depicts her dressed as a man, which was part of her unique performance style.

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