Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of Kagekiyo in the Play Enlightenment from a Series of Portraits of Danjūrō, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1834, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono) ; ink and color on paper, 7 x 6 3/4 in. (17. 8 x 17. 1 cm), Prints, Utagawa Toyokuni II (Japanese, 1777?1835), This surimono shows a close-up image of Ichikawa Danjūrō IV in the role of Kagekiyo, who attained salvation as a faithful follower of Buddhism, despite his villainous battles. In this swaggering performance, he wears a kimono displaying a triangular pattern of scales, symbolizing a dragon or snake