Onoe Shōroku II (尾上松緑) as Danshichi (団七) Kurobei in the play <i>Natsumatsuri Naniwa Kagami</i> - Number 12 from the series <i>Flowers of Contemporary Theatre</i> (現代舞台芸花 - <i>Gendai butai geika</i>)
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Ōta Masamitsu (太田雅光) (artist 1892 – 1975)

Onoe Shōroku II (尾上松緑) as Danshichi (団七) Kurobei in the play Natsumatsuri Naniwa Kagami - Number 12 from the series Flowers of Contemporary Theatre (現代舞台芸花 - Gendai butai geika)

Print

1955
10.8 in x 16.7 in (Overall dimensions) color woodblock print
Signed: Masamitsu (雅光)
Artist's seal in red
Printer's seal: Miyake Koshodo shosatsu
三宅耕書堂摺摺刷
Copyright: Banchōrō (番蝶楼蔵版)
Waseda University
Portland Art Museum Number 12 from the series "Gendai butai geika", Leading Figures of the Modern Stage in their famous roles: "Danshichi Nidai-me Onoe Shoroku jo".

One of the most dramatic moments in the play Natsumatsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑) is when Danshichi kills his good-for-nothing father-in-law who has fallen in the mud. Danshichi doesn't slay him with a sword held in front of him, but one he holds behind his back. That is the way he kills Giheiji. He doesn't even look at him when he does it. A most astounding tour de force of the kabuki theater.
modern prints (shin hanga - 新版画) (genre)
Onoe Shōroku II (二代目尾上松緑: March 1935 – June 1989) (actor)
Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) (role)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Tattoo (genre)
Banchōrō (番蝶楼) (publisher)
Shōwa era (昭和時代) (genre)