Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Title: Oatari kyogen 大当狂言 / Kan Shojo 菅丞相
Date: 1814
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Source:
British Museum
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Description:
Colour woodblock print, oban, from a series illustrating great stage successes (‘Oatari kyogen’). The kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo, (also called Sugawara no Michizane), in the play ‘Sekai no hana Sugawara denju’ (世界花菅原伝授) by Tsuruya Nanboku IV; performed at the Ichimura-za in the 11th month of 1814 (Bunka 11).