Japanese Print "Looking at a severed Head - kabuki" by Toyohara Kunichika
Artist:Toyohara Kunichika
Title:Looking at a severed Head - kabuki
Date:Ca. 1880-90.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
"Terakoya Kubijikken no ba" (Inspection of the decapitated head at the School). Matsu-o-maru (right: played by Onoe kikugoro) is looking inside a container which holds a head of his child. Genzo (Ichikawa Danjuro) looks on his reaction. The climax scene at the play, "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami".