The actors Ichikawa Danjûrô I-IX in the ‘Kabuki eighteen’
Signature:
none
Date:
c. 1903
Format:
shikishiban, 18.5 x 21.2 cm
Condition:
Very good impression, color and condition on heavy paper
Comment:
1552-1556 are from a set of eighteen shikishiban portraits issued as a folio with a table of contents identifying each of the actors and his roles. There is one print each for Danjûrô I-VIII, and eleven for Danjûrô IX who died in 1903. This set was probably issued as a memorial to him.