Ichikawa Danjūrō V in the Scene 'Five Chivalrous Commoners' from the Play A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day, Edo period (1615–1868), 1780, Japan, Tetraptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Overall: H. 13 in. (33 cm); W. 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792), Famous actors, dressed as chivalrous commoners, stand before the entrance to the Chōjiya and O-miya houses in the Yoshiwara pleasure district. Danjūrō V is second from the right. Chivalrous commoners, who were fearless street toughs, protected ordinary people from lawless hatamoto samurai
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Ichikawa Danjūrō V, Scene, Five Chivalrous Commoners, Play, Soga Drama, First Festival Day, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1780, Japan, Tetraptych, polychrome woodblock prints, ink, color, paper, Overall, H, 13, 33 cm, W, 22 3/4, 57.8, Prints, Katsukawa Shunshō, Japanese, 1726–1792, Famous actors, dressed, chivalrous commoners, stand, entrance, Chōjiya, O-miya houses, Yoshiwara pleasure, district, Danjūrō, second, right, Chivalrous fearless street, toughs, protected ordinary, people, lawless hatamoto, samurai
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