[9-daime Ichikawa Danjuro tsuizen-e [picture]

Title from item.; 80-04 The poem is read as ' Oya A(ra)tsushi no nagori ni sometsu hasu no hana by Mimasu'.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn5513884. Many prints were produced to commemorate the death of famous Kabuki actors and it shows how popular Kabuki actors were in late Edo and early Meiji period.The Japanese print shows Ichikawa Danjuro 9th in his buddhist monk costume; his posthumous Buddhist name, date of death, his age, where he was buried are recorded as well as the poem Danjuro prepared for his own death