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Utagawa Kunisada

Ichikawa Danjuro VII in the Shibaraku Role and Another Actor as Namazu Bozu, 1820s

Description

Maker

Title

Ichikawa Danjuro VII in the Shibaraku Role and Another Actor as Namazu Bozu

Year

1820s

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Length: 21.4 cm (8 7/16 inches)

Place

Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.48

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Edo Theater

January 18 - May 18, 2008

This print depicts Danjūrō VII (1791-1859) in his classic shibaraku role, in which he yells "Wait a moment!" ("Shibaraku") and proceeds to resolve the action of the play by killing the evildoers. First written by Danjūrō I (1660-1704) in about 1697, versions of this performance became an integral part of the Danjūrō-lineage repertory. Danjūrō is readily identified by his red garment and his crest (mon) of three squares, one within another.

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