Catalog record · 目録番号 37876

Competition of the Magicians - Rat Magician Niki Danjo

Artist / 作者: Toyohara Kunichika豊原国周
Date / 年代: 1874
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 982 × 1400 px
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ

Catalog note / 解説

"Goketsu Kijutsu Kurabe" (Competition of the Magicians) Kabuki actor Bando Hikosaburo V is in the role of the evil magician Niki Danjo in the play, "Meiboku Sendai Hagi". He received a wound while he changed himself into a rat. His rat-state was indicated by the small rat on the title cartouche.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1874. · artelino

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