Ichikawa Danjuro V and His Family, Torii Kiyonaga, 1782


Ichikawa Danjuro V and His Family, Edo period (1615–1868), 1782, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 15 1/4 x 10 in. ( x cm), Prints, Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815), Kiyonaga depicts Danjūrō V and his family visiting a shrine. Danjūrō's son Ebizō, the future Danjūrō VI, is carried on the shoulder of Ichikawa Masugorō, Danjūrō's pupil. The characteristic Danjūrō family crest of three nested squares (mimasu) is scattered over the son's kimono and, combined with the character go (five), is superimposed on the ground pattern of Masugorō's kimono


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