Norinoshi 法の師 (Teacher of Rites), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, between 1845 and 1846

Woodblock print, oban tate-e. The kabuki actor ichikawa danjuro viii as oniwaka-maru overcoming a man who was trying to bind him with a rope. Poem inscribed above. Date: between 1845 and 1846. Dimensions: Height: 36.60 centimetres Width: 24.20 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Norinoshi 法の師 (Teacher of Rites) (BM 2008,3037.17458)