Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Benkei in Kanjincho, by Yoshitoshi

An image of Ichikawa Danjûrô IX as Benkei in Kanjinchô (The Subscription Record). Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (Japanese, 1839-1892). Ôban triptych, signed: Ôju Yoshitoshi ga with seal: Yoshitoshi no in; publisher: Akiyama Buemon; engraver: Hori Y?; date stamp: 1 April 1890 (Meiji 22 year 4 month 1 day); with poem by Keika. Woodcut, colour printing, with blind embossing (karazuri) and metallic pigment, 1890.

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX as Benkei in Kanjinchô (The Subscription Record). Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (Japanese, 1839-1892). Ôban triptych, signed: Ôju Yoshitoshi ga with seal: Yoshitoshi no in; publisher: Akiyama Buemon; engraver: Hori Y?; date stamp: 1 April 1890 (Meiji 22 year 4 month 1 day); with poem by Keika. Woodcut, colour printing, with blind embossing (karazuri) and metallic pigment, 1890.

Image data

Accession Number: P.198-2002
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 501 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 110.70kB

Key words

19th Century acting actor actors blind embossing colour printing costume embossed embossing Fitz_PDP Ichikawa Danjuro Japanese karazuri kirazuri male mica oban performance performer performing poem poetry poets print role theatre theatrical triptych Tsukioka Yoshitoshi woodblock woodcut Yoshitoshi

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2026)
            "Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Benkei in Kanjincho, by Yoshitoshi"
            Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-218295 Accessed: 2026-01-11 22:44:10

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-218295
            |title=Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Benkei in Kanjincho, by Yoshitoshi
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2026-01-11 22:44:10|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/images/media-218295

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp82/large_P_198_2002_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Ichikawa Danjûrô IX as Benkei in Kanjinchô (The Subscription Record)"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Benkei in Kanjincho, by Yoshitoshi</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>