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Ichikawa DanjuroVII (七代目 市川團十郎) as Sagami Goro (相模五郎)

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Japanese woodblock print showing Kabuki actor in dynamic pose by water

Ichikawa DanjuroVII (七代目 市川團十郎) as Sagami Goro (相模五郎)

Date: 1829
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.3.1
DescriptionThis print is from 'Ryuko Yakusha Suikoden Goketsu Hyakuichi nin no Hitori (流行役者水滸伝豪傑百八人一個, Popular Actors as the 108 Heroes of the Water Margin)' series.

It was produced in response to the popularity of Suikoden (水滸伝, Water Margin) due to the huge success of Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳)'s 'Tsuzoku Suikoden Goukouketsu Hyakuhachi nin no Hitori (The 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden)'.