Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 38777
Kumonryü Shishin
- Artist / 作者
- Toyohara Kunichika豊原国周
- Date / 年代
- 1898
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / honolulu
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 309 × 450 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 朝倉レン
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Catalog note / 解説
One of the main heroes of the Suikoden is Kumonryü Shishin, whose name means "the nine-dragoned" and whose body is tattooed with nine swirling dragons. He is one of the well-intentioned bandits whose Robin Hood-like antics were frequently displayed on the Edo Kabuki stage. Ichikawa Danjurö, the darling of Edo Kabuki, is shown here in his role of Kumonryü Shishin, with his elaborately tattooed back revealed from under the cover of his Chinese style robe. (Tattoo exhibition 2005)
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