Actors in a confrontational scene, in which the villain (Ichikawa Danjūrō VII) threatens a boy with a heated poker. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1852.

Selected images from this work

Whole-length figures

The villain is seated in a formally appointed room which opens onto a verandah; the heated iron poker has been heated in a brazier to his right

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1852.

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Toyokuni-ga Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal, actor's role and set title

Old story of Sanshō Dayū

Right leaf of triptych

Wellcome Collection 35863i

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