Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (1791–1859) in the Role of Konoshita Tokichi from the Scene "Mountain Gate" in the Play Yakko Yakko Edo

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Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (1791–1859) in the Role of Konoshita Tokichi from the Scene 'Mountain Gate' in the Play Yakko Yakko Edo Hanayari, Edo period (1615–1868), 1819, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 8 3/16 x 7 7/16 in. ( x cm), Prints, Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865), This print, one sheet of a triptych, depicts Ichikawa Danjūrō VII holding in one hand an umbrella and in the other a duck, shot with an arrow and clasping a letter in its mouth. Danjūrō wears a kimono with a design of gourds, an emblem of his family since the time when Danjūrō II was given a gourd formerly used by the famous haiku poet Matsuo Bashō to store rice

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