Ichikawa Komazo II in the Role of Ouchinosuke Ujiyasu from the Play 'San ga no Sho mutsumi no hanayome', Edo period (1615–1868), 1787, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunchō (Japanese, active ca. 1783–95), Three actors strike dramatic poses (mie) on the stage while behind them, on a raised platform, singers narrate the story with samisen music, a Kabuki musical type known as tokiwazu. The actor on the right is Ichikawa Komazo II (1737–1802), the future Matsumoto Koshiro IV, who became a pupil of Danjūrō IV in 1757 and took the name of Koshiro in 1772
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Ichikawa Komazo II, Role, Ouchinosuke Ujiyasu, Play, San ga no Sho mutsumi hanayome, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1787, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 15 x 10, 38.1 25.4 cm, Prints, Katsukawa Shunchō, Japanese, active ca., 1783–95, Three actors, strike, dramatic, poses, mie, stage, raised platform, singers narrate, story, samisen music, Kabuki musical, type, tokiwazu, actor, right, Komazo, II, 1737–1802, future Matsumoto, Koshiro, IV, pupil, Danjūrō IV, 1757, name, 1772
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