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Color woodblock print of four costumed figures on clouds under pine branches; one in white points upward, another with flaming red hair holds a staff.

The Actors Sawamura Kijuro I as Ikazuchi Shinno, Prince of Thunder (far left), Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Buddhist Deity Fudo (second from left), Nakamura Sukegoro II as Seitaka Doji (second from right), and Bando Mitsugoro I as Kongara Doji (far right), in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Four costumed figures stand on cloud-like forms beneath pine branches in this color woodblock print. At left, a white-robed figure with a black mane points upward, while a flame-haired figure in blue and green holds a staff at center right.

Artist
Katsukawa Shunsho
Date
c. 1771/72
Medium
Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1053 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1777).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: Actores de kabuki como Príncipe del Trueno, Fudo y dos dōji (1771)

Cuatro figuras ataviadas se sitúan sobre formas parecidas a nubes bajo ramas de pino en esta xilografía en color. A la izquierda, una figura de túnica blanca con melena negra señala hacia arriba, mientras una figura de cabello en llamas, con vestiduras azules y verdes, sostiene un bastón en el centro derecho.

Português: Atores de kabuki como Príncipe do Trovão, Fudo e dois dōji (1771)

Quatro figuras fantasiadas estão sobre formas semelhantes a nuvens sob ramos de pinheiro nesta xilogravura colorida. À esquerda, uma figura de manto branco e crina negra aponta para cima, enquanto uma figura de cabelo flamejante, com roupas azuis e verdes, segura um cajado no centro à direita.

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