Japanese Print "Between Police and Priest - kabuki" by Toyohara Kunichika
Artist:Toyohara Kunichika
Title:Between Police and Priest - kabuki
Date:1878.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
Samurai police Sasagawa Kojiro (left: played by Ichikawa Danjuro is trying to catch priest Enmyoin (right: Onoe Kikugoro), who throws his rosary at the police man. Iwai Hanshiro (middle) is in the role of a bijin waitress.