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Yamanaka Tôtarô handling an iron bar
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Yamanaka Tôtarô handling an iron bar

Toyohara Kunichika · 1868-04 · color woodcut; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan IV, with long black wig and bare torso, as Yamanaka Tôtarô, wielding a wooden weapon with iron points (ararebô) while being shot at.

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Credit lineYamanaka Tô tarô handling an iron bar. 1868-04. Toyohara Kunichika. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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