7/28/2019 Onoe Kikugor V as Nikki Danj in the play Ume Momiji Nishiki no Date Ori

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An actors portrait by Toyohara Kunichika of Onoe Kikugor V as Nikki Danjin theplay Ume Momiji Nishiki no Date Ori() now officially known as Ura

Omote Sendai Hagi (), a Meiboku Sendai Hagi () related

play, from the performance at the Ichimuraza Theatre in the ninth month of Meiji 1

(1868) when in a celebratory ceremony called shumei () his name waschanged from Ichimura Kakitsu IV to the prestigious name of Onoe KikugorV. Thepicture is entitled in Kanteiry style writing To the actor Onoe Kikugor, (left panel

) A gift from his fans (right panel). In the lower right

panel it is signed Toyohara Kunichika () from the brush of (hitsu ). Themon, or crest behind the figure of Kikugor V is his line of actors informal crest of

four interlinked hoops (Kaemon wa Yotsuwa,/)

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