Masakado looking up to geese at Full Moon, Utagawa Kunisada (I), 1849 - 1852 print Kabuki actor Nakamura Utaemon IV in the role of the self -proclaimed new emperor Masakado, with beard, looks up to two geese that seem to fall down. At full moon. The black teeth and the shape of the painted eyebrows are characteristic of high -ranking courtiers. The feather pattern on his clothing refers to imperial power. Wild geese to change their course to the presence of an enemy. paper color woodcut actor (on the stage). water-birds: goose. emperor

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