Catalog record · 目録番号 37675

Snake Tattoo - Fireman of Edo

Artist / 作者: Toyohara Kunichika豊原国周
Date / 年代: 1871
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 828 × 1200 px
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ

Catalog note / 解説

"Sakari Edo no Hanagata" (Flower of Edo). Kabuki actor, Nakamura Shikan is in the role of a tattooed fireman holding his fire company's symbol, "matori". As the old saying, "the fire and quarrels are the flower of Edo", suggested; the flamboyant firemen had been regarded as the representative of the brave and quick tempered Edo'ists.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1871. · artelino

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