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An actor as Danshichi Kurōbei at a well. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1860. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
The tattoo on his arm depicts the woman diver who stole a sacred gem from the palace of the dragon king at the bottom of the sea
From the play 'Summer Festival' in which Danshichi hides his victim's corpse in a well and escapes by joining a festival procession: his tattoo links him to the underworld
Half-length figures
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