Color woodblock print of four costumed figures on clouds under pine branches; one in white points upward, another with flaming red hair holds a staff.

Kabuki Actors as Thunder Prince, Fudo, and Two Attendant Dojis (1771)

Four costumed figures stand on cloud-like forms beneath pine branches in this color woodblock print. At left, a white-robed figure with a black mane points upward, while a flame-haired figure in blue and green holds a staff at center right.

Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho
Date: c. 1771/72
Medium: Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1053 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1777).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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Kabuki Actors as Thunder Prince, Fudo, and Two Attendant Dojis (1771)

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