Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V as Kagekiyo, c. 1797, Katsukawa Shunkō, Japanese, 1743 - 1812, 33 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. ( x cm) (image)66 x 14 3/16 in. ( x cm) (w/o roller)67 x 16 1/4 in. ( x cm) (w/roller), Ink and color on silk, Japan, Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, The enormously popular actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V (1741–1806) took the name Ebizō in 1791. This painting was made five years after his retirement and carries a poetic inscription by the actor himself, even though it is seemingly written from the viewpoint of another actor

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