The Actors Ichikawa Ebizō V as the Outlaw Nippon Daemon (right) and Kataoka Gadō as Tokushima Gohei

Gosōtei Hirosada 五粽亭広貞 Japanese

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This print commemorates a performance of Ebizō V (shown on the right), one of the greatest Kabuki actors of the Edo stage of the nineteenth century, during a time he was performing in Osaka. It shows him as Nippon Daemon, one of the great roles of Japanese theater, waylaying a surprised opponent. In the world of Kabuki, Nippon Daemon was the leader of a band of honorable thieves who only stole from those who made money through corrupt means.

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizō V as the Outlaw Nippon Daemon (right) and Kataoka Gadō as Tokushima Gohei, Gosōtei Hirosada 五粽亭広貞 (Japanese, active ca. 1819–63), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; horizontal chūban, Japan

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