Jitsukawa Enzaburo as the Jester (Taikomochi) Nisaku, from the series Tales of Valour in Full Bloom (Hankajin yuden).

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Jitsukawa Enzaburo as the Jester (Taikomochi) Nisaku, from the series Tales of Valour in Full Bloom (Hankajin yuden).

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Like the capital city of Edo, the eastern city of Ōsaka grew rapidly during the long 'Pax Tokugawa' between 1603 and 1868. Its commercial classes prospered, so much so that it became known as the ‘city of merchants’. With affluence came leisure, and an appetite for entertainments. The kabuki theatre especially flourished, as did the thriving print industry serving the market for yakusha-e actor prints. The Naka-za or Naka no Shibai (Central Theatre), in which the performance illustrated in th...

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Date created

1849

Creator

Ryusai Shigeharu

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1528068

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Actors / Japanese / Kabuki / paper / ink / colour woodcuts / works on paper / woodcut / Late Edo / Japan / Osaka

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