Ichikawa Danjūrō V and His Family

Torii Kiyonaga Japanese

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Kiyonaga depicts Danjūrō V and his family on an outing to a shrine. Danjūrō's son Ebizo, the future Danjūrō VI, is carried on the shoulder of Ichikawa Masugoro, Danjūrō's pupil. The characteristic Danjūrō family crest of three nested squares (mimasu) is scattered over the son's kimono; combined with the character go (five), it is superimposed on the ground pattern of Masugoro's kimono. The father wears a formal black jacket with another Danjūrō family crest, one depicting a carp rising in a waterfall..

Ichikawa Danjūrō V and His Family, Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan

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