Ōtani Tokuji I

Data

Ōtani Tokuji I
Print   (Part of the set: Tōshusai Sharaku Famous Actors)

Toshusai Sharaku
Mainichi Newspaper
1980s

2016
00010-007
https://mokuhankan.com/collection/index.php?id_for_display=00010-007

Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

The actor Ōtani Tokuji I is presented here as Sodesuke, a manservant of the Ishii brothers (who are intent on exacting revenge on their father's murderer), from the play Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga. Sodesuke's loyalty is expressed in his gaze, and his readiness to fight in his clenched fist. The MET holds an early impression of the portrait.

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