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.

  • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.
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1852
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35863i
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view 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.

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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. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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

Publication/Creation

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

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1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

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

Notes

Old story of Sanshō Dayū
Right leaf of triptych

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Wellcome Collection 35863i

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