# The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Shoki the Demon Queller in the Play Date Moyo Kumo ni Inazuma, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Tenth Month, 1768

- By: Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726-1792)
- Date: c. 1768
- Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: 31.3 × 14 cm (12 5/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/12729)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/09b28c59-c5dc-d7cf-46de-44c354586d8a/full/!1368,1080/0/default.jpg
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The actor Ichikawa Danzō II is shown striking a pose, or mie, while playing the role of the formidable Shōki the Demon Queller during a performance at the Morita Theater in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1768. It looks as if he is shown mid-movement, with his sleeves and hair flying up in the air. Danzō’s actor-crest of three nested boxes appears on the front of his robe. Before it faded to a tan color, the background of this print was blue.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0