Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of the Monk Mongaku from the Play Hana-zumo Genji-biki

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章 Japanese

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Ichikawa Danjūrō IV as the monk Mongaku stands at the center of this composition. Nakamura Rikō as Chitose is on the left, Nakamura Nakazō I as Sakon-gitsune on the right. The three actors, mimicking the dance of the fox, seem somewhat perturbed by the rats they have attracted.

Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of the Monk Mongaku from the Play Hana-zumo Genji-biki, Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章 (Japanese, 1726–1792), Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan

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