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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō XII as Umeōmaru by Tsuruya Kōkei — VisualArtsDB

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō XII as Umeōmaru

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō XII as Umeōmaru

1988

Medium: Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Dimensions: image, sheet: 15 7/16 x 9 7/16 in. (39.21 x 23.97 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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103rd design by Kōkei. Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō XII (1946-2013) as Umeōmaru 梅王丸 in the scene Tearing the Carriage Apart (Kurumabiki 車引) of the play Mirror of Learning and Transmitting Sugawara's Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami 菅原伝授手習鑑), performed at the Kabuki Theater in February of 1988.

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