Kabuki Actor Morita Kan’ya VIII as the Palanquin-Bearer in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi

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Kabuki Actor Morita Kan’ya VIII as the Palanquin-Bearer in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi), 八代目守田勘弥の鴬の次郎作, Edo period (1615–1868), 5th month, 1794, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink, color, white mica on paper, 15 x 10 in. ( x cm), Prints, Tōshūsai Sharaku (Japanese, active 1794–95), This figure, whose nickname 'Uguisu' means 'bush warbler,' is a palanquin bearer, a profession that Edoites associated with petty hoodlums. Sharaku depicts him furtively rubbing his hands inside his kimono, a conventional gesture indicating his guilty awareness of the evil deed he is about to commit

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