Actor with long sword, A kneeling man (Ichikawa Danjûrô (1791-1859)) in an overkimono with a pattern of peonies, holding a long sword. Perhaps it is about the role of Kagekiyo in the play Yaegasumi Soga no kuniito, performed in 1823 in the Ichimura theater in Edo. With two poems. Right sheet of diptych., Kunisada (I), Utagawa (mentioned on object), Japan, 1823, paper, polishing, h 209 mm × w 184 mm

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Actor with long sword, A kneeling man (Ichikawa Danjûrô (1791-1859)) in an overkimono with a pattern of peonies, holding a long sword. Perhaps it is about the role of Kagekiyo in the play Yaegasumi Soga no kuniito, performed in 1823 in the Ichimura theater in Edo. With two poems. Right sheet of diptych., Kunisada (I), Utagawa (mentioned on object), Japan, 1823, paper, polishing, h 209 mm × w 184 mm

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