Kabuki Actor Morita Kan’ya VIII as the Palanquin-Bearer in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi), 八代目守田勘弥の鴬の次郎作, Edo period (1615–1868), 5th month, 1794, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink, color, white mica on paper, 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm), Prints, Tōshūsai Sharaku (Japanese, active 1794–95), This figure, whose nickname 'Uguisu' means 'bush warbler,' is a palanquin bearer, a profession that Edoites associated with petty hoodlums. Sharaku depicts him furtively rubbing his hands inside his kimono, a conventional gesture indicating his guilty awareness of the evil deed he is about to commit
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Kabuki Actor, Morita Kan’ya VIII, Palanquin-Bearer, Play, Medley, Tales, Revenge, Katakiuchi noriaibanashi, 八代目守田勘弥の鴬の次郎作, Edo period, 1615–1868, 5th month, 1794, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, white mica, paper, 15 x 10, 38.1 25.4 cm, Prints, Tōshūsai Sharaku, Japanese, active, 1794–95, figure, nickname, Uguisu, means, bush warbler, palanquin bearer, profession, Edoites associated, petty hoodlums, Sharaku depicts, furtively rubbing, hands inside, kimono, conventional gesture, indicating, guilty awareness, evil deed, commit
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