Ichimura Kakitsu (市村家橘) as Nango Rikimaru (南郷力丸)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Engraver: Sansei Hori-Ei (三世彫栄)
Dimensions:
365 x 250 mm (36.5 x 25 cm)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.27
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Aoto Zoushi Hana no Nishiki-e (青砥稿花紅彩画).' Rikimaru is a character in Kawatake Mokuami (河竹黙阿弥)'s 'Shiranami Gonin Otoko (白浪五人男)', a story about a gang of thieves. He is a bandit who steals from night boats.
