Ichikawa Danjūrō II (? ) Performing Shibaraku in the Ichimura Theater, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1738, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 16 3/4 in. (42. 5 cm) ; W. 25 in. (63. 5 cm), Prints, Torii Kiyotada (Japanese, fl. ca. 1720?50), On the runway to the stage, the actor Ichikawa Danjūrō appears just before striding forward to save the day, shouting 'Shibaraku! ' ('Wait a moment! ') in a bravado role he created. Kiyotada employed the technique of two-point perspective to show the interior of the theater