Asian Art

Actor Ichikawa Shiko as Kato Yomoshichi (Gosotei Hirosada)

Actor Ichikawa Shikō as Katō Yomoshichi from the series Tales of Retainers of Unswerving Loyalty is an ukiyo-e woodblock print by Osaka-based late Edo period print designer Gosōtei Hirosada (五粽亭廣貞) (fl. c. 1819-1863). Each of the three sheets contains a different version of the same image, reflecting progressive stages in the woodblock printing process. The print is a portrait of a contemporary kabuki actor in the role of a samurai, and belongs to a series of images of heroes. The print belongs to the permanent collection of the Prince Takamado Gallery of Japanese Art in the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada.

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• ▸Disembowelment
• ▸Ethnological Museum of Berlin
• ▸A Tour of the Waterfalls of the Provinces

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