Actor Ichikawa Sadanji III as Yoshirō in the play Modori kago
- Medium
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper with mica and embossing
- Dimensions
- 14 11/16 × 9 13/16 in. (37.31 × 24.92 cm) (image) 23 × 19 × 1 1/2 in. (58.42 × 48.26 × 3.81 cm) (outer frame)
- Genre
Tags
Japan
About
Twenty-first design of a set of thirty. Imagined portrait of the actor Ichikawa Sadanji III (1898-1969) as Azuma no Yoshirō in the kabuki play A Harlot's Love in a Returning Palanquin (Modori kago iro ni aikata 戻駕色相肩). Yoshirō is a palanquin bearer who, like his companion Jirosaku, becomes interested in the young woman they carry. The two bearers begin to brawl about their amorous adventures which results in a real fight once they revealed that they are actually sworn enemies who travelled in disguise.
