Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Portrait within a round mirror depicting actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Sankichi, a popular hero with bared arm and shoulder displaying a dragon tattoo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
Portrait within a round mirror depicting actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Sankichi, a popular hero with bared arm and shoulder displaying a dragon tattoo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
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Portrait within a round mirror depicting actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Sankichi, a popular hero with bared arm and shoulder displaying a dragon tattoo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.

Kunisada · 1859

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Toyokuni-ga

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