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Nakamura Shikan as Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu disguised as boatmaster Matsuemon (中村芝翫 船頭松右衛門実は樋口次郎兼光)
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
1832 · Nishiki-e (錦絵, Woodblock print ink and color on paper)
Dimensions 37 × 25 cm
Collection: Central Saint Martins Museum & Study Collection: Japanese Actor Prints
This work is from one of the most striking scenes in Hiragana Seisuiki(ひらかな盛衰記). It is the scene in which the boatman Matsuemon (船頭松右衛門) protects the life of his dead master's son, Komawakamaru(駒若丸), ...
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