Ichikawa Danjūrō I as Soga Gorō, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1710, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 3/8 x 14 3/4 in. (26.4 x 37.5 cm), Prints, Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764), The versatile artist Okumura Masanobu portrayed the great actor Ichikawa Danjūrō I (1660–1704) playing the role of a swaggering hero, or aragoto, Soga Gorō—the role that made him famous. Soga Gorō performed one of his courageous deeds during a hunting trip at the foot of Mount Fuji, where he and his brother avenged the murder of their father
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Ichikawa Danjūrō, I, Soga Gorō, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1710, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 10 3/8 x 14 3/4, 26.4 37.5 cm, Prints, Okumura Masanobu, Japanese, 1686–1764, versatile, artist, Okumura, Masanobu, portrayed, great actor, Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1660–1704, playing, role, swaggering hero, aragoto, Gorō—, famous, performed, courageous deeds, hunting trip, foot, Mount Fuji, brother avenged, murder, father
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