Click here to view image full size. The actor Bando Hikosaburo V as Nikki Danjo from a set Goketsu kijutsu kurabe, “Competition of the Magicians.” Published by Matsui Eikichi, 1873 Hikosaburo played Nikki Danjo in the play Date zensei kuruwa kagami at the Murayama Theatre, 3 The story relates how Nikki Danjo retrieves the list of conspirators against the Lord of Oshu by changing into a rat. A guard attacks the rat and strikes it on the head with an iron fan. It transmogrifies into Nikki Danjo. This sensational scene in kabuki has Nikki Danjo emerging through a trapdoor in the hanamachi in a cloud of smoke. He is usually shown with the scroll of conspirators in his mouth and a red mark on his forehead where he was hit by the fan.   Very fine impression. Fine colour and condition. Signed Oju Kunichika hitsu.   Status: Available Price: £550