Actors in a confrontational scene, in which the villain (Ichikawa Danjūrō VII) threatens a boy with a heated poker. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1852.
- Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.
- Date:
- 1852
- Reference:
- 35863i
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Description
Whole-length figures
The villain is seated in a formally appointed room which opens onto a verandah; the heated iron poker has been heated in a brazier to his right
Publication/Creation
Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1852.
Physical description
1 print : woodcut, printed in colours
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Lettering
Toyokuni-ga
Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal, actor's role and set title
Notes
Old story of Sanshō Dayū
Right leaf of triptych
Reference
Wellcome Collection 35863i
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