Shirai Gonpachi Dai? Gonpachi Shirai of, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, circa 1852

Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Ooto-kichi ? restaurant (signed by yoshinobu). Ichikawa danjuro viii as shirai gonpachi who holds the purse of a traveler he has murdered in his mouth. Date: circa 1852. Dimensions: Height: 37.30 centimetres Width: 25.40 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Shirai Gonpachi 大？の白井権八 (BM 2008,3037.00202)