Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I (歌川豊國, 1769–1825)
Signed: 豊国画 (Toyokuni ga)
Publisher: Not identified
Date: Early 19th century (exact date unknown)
Media: Surimono, colour woodblock print with karazuri (gauffrage), shikishiban format, 207 × 182 mm
Actor: Ichikawa Danjūrō VII [七代目 市川 團十郎] (Japanese, 1791 – 1859); other names: Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵五代目), Ichikawa Hakuen II, Ichikawa Shinnosuke I.
Role: Unspecified, in Shibaraku costume
Title: Not titled on print
Bust portrait, three-quarter view, looking to the right, emerging through a torn paper screen. The actor appears in a stylized red and white Shibaraku costume with bold stripes and an exaggerated collar, wearing dramatic kumadori makeup and a high black wig. His fierce expression and wide stance suggest the dynamic entrance associated with Shibaraku scenes. The torn edge of a paper screen surrounds him, emphasizing the theatrical moment of bursting onto the stage. Background details include blind embossing (karazuri) forming a geometric pattern. The poem at the upper right is signed 桜川慈悲成 (Sakuragawa Jihinari).
Provenance: Sidney C. Ward collection
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