Ichikawa Danjuro II in the Role of Soga Goro from the Play 'Yanone', Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1820, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 8 7/16 x 7 3/16 in. (21.4 x 18.3 cm), Prints, Torii Kiyomine (Japanese, 1787–1868), Torii Kiyomitsu II, a grandson of Kiyomitsu I, became the fifth grandmaster of the Torii school after Kiyonaga, the fourth grandmaster, who died in 1815. This image of Danjuro II, almost identical with Kiyonaga's print at the right, testifies to the continuity in portraying the role of Soga Goro through several generations of Torii-school masters
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Ichikawa Danjuro II, Role, Soga Goro, Play, Yanone, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1820, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, surimono, ink, color, paper, 8 7/16 x 7 3/16, 21.4 18.3 cm, Prints, Torii Kiyomine, Japanese, 1787–1868, Kiyomitsu, II, grandson, Kiyomitsu I, fifth grandmaster school, Kiyonaga, fourth died, 1815, image, Danjuro, almost identical, print, right, testifies, continuity, portraying, role, several generations, Torii-school masters
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