Ichikawa Omezō I in the Role of Yakko Ippei from the Play Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna, Edo period (1615–1868), 1794, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink, color, white mica on paper, 14 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (37.8 x 25.1 cm), Prints, Tōshūsai Sharaku (Japanese, active 1794–95), Focusing on bust portraits, Sharaku created bold and stylized depictions of Kabuki actors. In this portrait Ichikawa Omezō I (1781–1833), a disciple of Danjūro V, plays a warrior named Yakko Ippei who was unsuccessful in his attempt to defeat his enemy
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Ichikawa Omezō I, Role, Yakko Ippei, Play Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1794, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, white mica, paper, 14 7/8 x 9 7/8, 37.8 25.1 cm, Prints, Tōshūsai Sharaku, Japanese, active, 1794–95, Focusing, bust portraits, Sharaku created bold, stylized depictions, Kabuki actors, portrait Ichikawa, Omezō, I, 1781–1833, disciple, Danjūro V, plays, warrior, unsuccessful, attempt, defeat, enemy
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