Actor Ichikawa Sumizō VI as Shirai Gonpachi
Natori Shunsen
1926
- Medium
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- 15 × 10 3/16 in. (38.1 × 25.88 cm) (image) 23 × 19 × 1 1/2 in. (58.42 × 48.26 × 3.81 cm) (outer frame)
- Genre
Tags
Japan
About
Tenth design of a set of 36. Based on the actor Ichikawa Sumizō VI (1886-1971) as Shirai Gonpachi In the Suzugamori 鈴ヶ森 scene of the play The Floating World's Pattern and Matching Lightning Bolts (Ukiyozuka hiyoku no inazuma 浮世柄比翼稲妻), performed at the Asakusa Shōchiku Theater in January of 1925. Gonpachi is a handsome villain who fell in blind love with a prostitute.
