Warrior with fan between his teeth, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1828 print A warrior is wide apart and a folded fan between his teeth, against a silver -colored background. At the top right a bat -shaped cartouche with a white rat. The actor is Ichikawa Danjûrô (1791-1859) in the role of Arajishi Otokonosuke, from the play Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki. To protect his Lord, Arajishi Otokonosuke kills a large white rat, which turns out to be the wizard Nikki Danjô. Danjûrô played this role in 1818 and in 1829. With two poems. Japan paper color woodcut portrait of actor, actress. weapons

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