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Captain Kezori throwing Shôshichi overboard
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Captain Kezori throwing Shôshichi overboard

Toyohara Kunichika · 1886 · color woodcut; paper

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

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A man looks from the bow of a ship into the water, where the arms and legs of the man he just threw overboard are visible. A geisha sits in the boat. The standing man is Kezori Kuemon, a pirate captain, played by Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IX. The woman depicted is Kabuki actor Sawamura Gennosuke IV as the geisha Kojorô. The man thrown overboard is Shôshichi, a merchant traveling to Hakata in southern Japan.

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Credit lineCaptain Kezori throwing Shôshichi overboard. 1886. Toyohara Kunichika. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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