Catalog record · 目録番号 94016

Red Lions - Kabuki

Artist / 作者: Morikawa Chikashige守川周重
Date / 年代: 1878
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 519 × 800 px
Published by / 公開者: 黒川トウマ

Catalog note / 解説

Three famous kabuki actors, Ichikawa Sadanji (left), Ichikawa Danjuro and Onoe Kikugoro (right) are the red lions performing the lion dance in "Shakko". A legend stated that a lion appeared on a stone bridge among beautiful peonies and danced for a priest.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1878. · artelino

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