Ichikawa Danj?r? V in the Scene "Five Chivalrous Commoners" from the Play A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day 1780 Katsukawa Shunsh?????? Japanese Famous actors, dressed as chivalrous commoners, stand before the entrance to the Ch?jiya and O-miya houses in the Yoshiwara pleasure district. Danj?r? V is second from the right. Chivalrous commoners, who were fearless street toughs, protected ordinary people from lawless hatamoto samurai. Shunsh? presented them in identical green kimonos with the emblem of each particular role along the hem and with the actor's family crest below the shoulder. T
Ichikawa Danj?r? V in the Scene "Five Chivalrous Commoners" from the Play A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day 1780 Katsukawa Shunsh?????? Japanese Famous actors, dressed as chivalrous commoners, stand before the entrance to the Ch?jiya and O-miya houses in the Yoshiwara pleasure district. Danj?r? V is second from the right. Chivalrous commoners, who were fearless street toughs, protected ordinary people from lawless hatamoto samurai. Shunsh? presented them in identical green kimonos with the emblem of each particular role along the hem and with the actor's family crest below the shoulder. The design motifs on Danj?r? V's costume are the character sen under crossed hammers and the family crest of three nested squares (mimasu).. Ichikawa Danj?r? V in the Scene "Five Chivalrous Commoners" from the Play A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day. Katsukawa Shunsh?????? (Japanese, 1726–1792). Japan. 1780. Tetraptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615–1868). Prints
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