Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Date: 1805 (12th month)
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British Museum
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Description:
Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actor Otani Tomoemon II in an unidentified role, seemingly as a samurai footman (yakko) with his two swords, standing beneath a maple tree and holding a third sword in one hand. The role is possibly that of Shinzan no Yahei, in reality Ichihara Kidomaru, in the play 'Seiwa Genji nidai no yumitori' by Katsu Hyozo I (Tsuruya Nanboku IV); performed at the Nakamura-za in the 11th month of 1805.