Ichikawa Danjûrô looking in a mirror, The make-up kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (1791-1859) looks in a mirror, in preparation for his role of Otokonosuke in the play Meiboku Sendai hagi. The piece was staged in 1829 in the Kawarazaki theater in Edo. With two poems, mirror, Toyokuni (II), Utagawa (mentioned on object), Japan, 1829, paper, colour woodcut, h 199 mm × w 172 mm

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Ichikawa Danjûrô looking in a mirror, The make-up kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (1791-1859) looks in a mirror, in preparation for his role of Otokonosuke in the play Meiboku Sendai hagi. The piece was staged in 1829 in the Kawarazaki theater in Edo. With two poems, mirror, Toyokuni (II), Utagawa (mentioned on object), Japan, 1829, paper, colour woodcut, h 199 mm × w 172 mm

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