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Subject:meaning of text surrounding the actor on Japanese woodprint
Posted By: manuD Thu, Sep 17, 2026 IP: 88.182.22.78

this print shows actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Katsumoto. What does the text mean that surrounds the actor and below the seals on the left?



Subject:Re: meaning of text surrounding the actor on Japanese woodprint
Posted By: I.Nagy Thu, Sep 17, 2026
勝元　
市川團十郎

けふ爪苗なかれて實生其數の　　
喜月三升

Katsumoto
Ichikawa Danjūrō

Kyō tsumu nae nakarete mibae sono kazu no
Kigetsu Sanshō*

The seedlings picked today - the number of seedlings that were wept over

* Was a haiku pen name, used by Ichikawa Danjūrō VII

With regards,
I.Nagy



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