Woodblock print, oban tate-e. The kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Ono no Sadakuro holding a purse in his mouth, wiping his drawn sword; a statue of Jizo in the straw behind him, from the 1847 performance of the play ‘Kanadehon Chûshingura’ at the Nakamura Theatre in Edo.
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Print artist:   Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳)</div>
1847<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1847-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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