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| Stockno.: | 11-242 | Artist: | Yamamura Kōka (Toyonari) (1885–1942) | Description: | The actor Morita Kanya XIII in the role of Jean Valjean, from the series Flowers of the Theatre. Published by Watanabe Shōzaburō in 1921.
This is one of the most haunting prints in the genre of 20th century kabuki portraits. Jean Valjean is the villain in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. A year earlier the kabuki actor Morita Kanya played Hamlet. It pleased the kabuki stars to show that they could perform in the Western plays as well.
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