Actor Kataoka Nizaemon as the popular hero Umeno Ichirōbei, revealing his tattooed shoulder. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.

  • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.
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Month 8, 1859
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35753i
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Actor Kataoka Nizaemon as the popular hero Umeno Ichirōbei, revealing his tattooed shoulder. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The low-class hero slips off his robe, decorated with a fearsome dragon, to reveal his body tattoo (a snow scene shot through with lightning)

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Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], Month 8, 1859.

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1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

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Toyokuni-ga Bears publisher's mark, block cutter's mark, censor's seal, actor's role and set title Title of set plays on variant readings of characters. Lit. Biographies of contemporary handsome young men

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Biographies of contemporary heroes of the Water Margin

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Wellcome Collection 35753i

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