Title:
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI as the renegade samurai Sadakuro in act 5 of The Storehouse of Loyalty, Kiri Theater
Creator/Contributor:
Katsukawa Shun'ei, Japanese, 1762-1819; published by Iwatoya Kisaburo
Date:
1795
Identifier:
1965.30.15
Format:
Oban
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
15 9/16 x 10 1/2 inches
Notes:
From a series of approximately twenty full-length portraits of actors in roles from the play, "The Storehouse of Loyalty,"
performed at Edo kabuki theaters in 1795.
Inscription: Recto, signed Shun'ei ga at l.r.
Subject:
drama; actors; samurai; swords