Young actor with a portrait of Ichikawa Danjûrô VII, From a cartouche, a man looks at a boy with a role in his hand. The boy is the 8-year-old actor Ichikawa Ebizô (1823-54), in the role of Kobôzu Donguri. His father, actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (1791-1859), is depicted in the cartouche. Scene from the play Ichiyoraifuku Shibuya no tsuwamono, performed at the Kawarazaki theater in Edo (current Tokyo) in 1830. With two poems., Kunisada (I), Utagawa (mentioned on object), Japan, 1831, paper, polishing, h 212 mm × w 186 mm, Reimagined by Gibon, design of warm cheerful glowing of brightness and lig


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