Actor Sawamura Tanosuke as Itchōme tetsubōhiki

 
Actor Sawamura Tanosuke as Itchōme tetsubōhiki
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Artist
Creation date
Period
Edo
Materials
color woodblock print
Mark Descriptions
Artist's signature: Kuniaki ga in a toshidama cartoche Publisher's mark: Kinseidō (Sano-ya Tomigorō) Date seal: Dog 4 (1862, 4th month)
Dimensions
14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in. (image)
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Kate Kiser Klein
Accession number
72.47.130
Collection
Asian
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一丁目鉄棒引

The actor Sawamura Tanosuke holds an iron staff with rings that was used to sound an alarm in times of emergency. This may be a visual metaphor since to "sound the iron staff" also refers to an alarmist person who worsens a conflict, like throwing oil on a fire-in short, a rabble-rouser.

Mrs. Kate Kiser. Klein; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1972
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