The Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Akechi Samenosuke, from the series "Seven Brilliant Heroes (Komei shichi yosei)"
- Date:
- 1876
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
"The Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Akechi Samenosuke" (1876) from the series "Seven Brilliant Heroes" depicts the Meiji-era actor in a role connected to the Akechi clan—the generals who betrayed Oda Nobunaga. Ichikawa Sadanji I was one of the great kabuki actors of the early Meiji period, and his portrayal of warrior roles in the period dramas (jidaimono) was particularly celebrated. Yoshitoshi's theatrical prints of the mid-1870s reflect a renewed commercial engagement with kabuki subject matter after the relatively sparse theatrical output of his newspaper illustration years.
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Oteiroku, from the series "Fashionable Women as the One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Water Margin (Fuzoku onna Suikoden, ippyakuhachinin no uchi)"
c. 1828/30
Color woodblock print; surimono
Rua Xiaoqi (Katsuenra Genshoshichi), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"
c. 1827/30
Color woodblock print; oban
Yang Zhi (Seimenju Yoshi), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"
c. 1827/30
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Akechi Samenosuke, from the series "Seven Brilliant Heroes (Komei shichi yosei)" was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1876.
Yes — The Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Akechi Samenosuke, from the series "Seven Brilliant Heroes (Komei shichi yosei)" is part of the Seven Brilliant Heroes (Komei shichi yosei) series by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.
The Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Akechi Samenosuke, from the series "Seven Brilliant Heroes (Komei shichi yosei)" depicts heroes & warriors and kabuki.