ICHIKAWA DANJÛRÔ IX
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX in a Lion Dance (1898)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX playing the role of Taira no Kagekiyo in the drama "Gedatsu", which belongs to the Kabuki Jûhachiban

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX playing the role of Toraya Tôkichi, in reality Soga Gorô, in the drama "Uirô Uri", which belongs to the Kabuki Jûhachiban

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (left) playing the role of Nikki Danjô, with Kataoka Gadô III (Arajishi Otokonosuke) in the drama "Meiboku Sendai Hagi" (print made by Toyohara Kunichika)

Kawarasaki Gonjûrô I playing the role of Sukeroku in the drama "Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura" (print made by Utagawa Kunisada 1862)

Prints courtesy of Alexandre Nisbet

The actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IX playing the role of Shunkan in the drama "Natorigusa Heike Monogatari", which was staged in May 1876 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Morikawa Chikashige)

The actors Ichikawa Danjûrô IX and Onoe Kikugorô V playing the roles of the soldier Gunnai and the spirit of the Ground Spider in the dance-drama "Tsuchi-gumo", which was staged in June 1881 at the Shintomiza (print made by Yôshû Chikanobu)

This print is the central component of a triptych (the left and right prints are also available)

 
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