The Muletier du Var, view of the surroundings of Marseille, Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1791

Colour woodblock print, hosoban. The kabuki actor sawamura sojuro iii as hige no ikyu about to draw his sword as he stands before the entrance to the miuraya teahouse, in the play ‘sukeroku kuruwa no futabaso’ (助六花街二葉艸); performed at the ichimura-za from the 2nd day of the 4th month of 1791 (kansei 3). Date: 1791. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Sawamura Sojuro III. Collection: British Museum. Sawamura Sojuro III as Hige no Ikyu 三代目沢村宗十郎の髭の意休 (BM 1906,1220,0.167)