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    HomeCollectionNakamura Shikan IV as the magician Banjaku Taro
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    Utagawa Kunisada

    b.1786, d.1864

    Nakamura Shikan IV as the magician Banjaku Taro

    • 1860
    • Woodcut
    • Gifted to the Gallery by William E Smith, 2003
    • 360 x 245mm
    • 2003/120

    Tags: actors (performing artists), animals, clouds, costume (mode of fashion), dragons, hair, Japanese (culture or style), men (male humans), monograms, mythical or legendary beings, patterns (design elements), people (agents), performing artists, swords, theaters (buildings), words

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