Catalog record · 目録番号 38638

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX as a Pirate Chief (Ichikawa Danjuro Kezori Kyuemon)

Artist / 作者: Toyohara Kunichika豊原国周
Date / 年代: 1894
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / robynbuntin
Digital image / 画像: 340 × 504 px
Published by / 公開者: 小春ユイ

Catalog note / 解説

The actor as the pirate chief, Kezori Kyuemon, clad in a European-style costume, holding a stick. In the cartouche above a poem..'the colour of the waves at Hakata is light blue.' Kezori Kyuemon was a pirate chief from Hakata and Chikuzen who operated in China and India.

Image record / 画像情報

ROBYNBUNTIN · Meiji 1894 · robynbuntin

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