Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of the Monk Mongaku from the Play Hana-zumo Genji-biki

Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of the Monk Mongaku from the Play Hana-zumo Genji-biki

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ichikawa Danjūrō IV as the monk Mongaku stands at the center of this composition. Nakamura Rikō as Chitose is on the left, Nakamura Nakazō I as Sakon-gitsune on the right. The three actors, mimicking the dance of the fox, seem somewhat perturbed by the rats they have attracted.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of the Monk Mongaku from the Play Hana-zumo Genji-bikiIchikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of the Monk Mongaku from the Play Hana-zumo Genji-bikiIchikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of the Monk Mongaku from the Play Hana-zumo Genji-bikiIchikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of the Monk Mongaku from the Play Hana-zumo Genji-bikiIchikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of the Monk Mongaku from the Play Hana-zumo Genji-biki

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