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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō in a Noctural Fight Scene

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō in a Noctural Fight Scene

1786 - 1864

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞

Japanese

The right sheet of this diptych features the actor Ichikawa Danjūrō in a fight scene with the actor Iwai Kumesaburō II from the play Tayoriari gohiki no tsuna, performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in 1832.

Woodblock print (surimono) right sheet of a diptych; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

Edo period, 1615-1868

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