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Image of Nikki Danjo

Nikki Danjo

Actor portraying Nikki Danjō, a villain from the kabuki play Sendai Hagi. Shown with hands in a kuji-in seal, which allows him to transform into a giant rat. Woodblock print on paper. Kunisada, 1857.
Alias Nikki Danjô
Real Names/Alt Names Nikki Danjô
Characteristics Villain, Literary Characters, Shapeshifter, Magic Caster, Ninja, Scientific Revolution, Japanese
Creators/Key Contributors ○
First Appearance Japanese folklore
First Publisher ○
Appearance List Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (Kabuki, 1777), Kite Mimasu Date no Uchikake (October 1882), Actor prints of Nikki Danjō (late Edo, 19th century) — Utagawa Kunisada, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Sample Read Kyara Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩) [YT]
Description Actor portraying Nikki Danjō, a villain from the kabuki play Sendai Hagi. Shown with hands in a kuji-in seal, which allows him to transform into a giant rat. Woodblock print on paper. Kunisada, 1857.
Source Ninjutsu – Wikipedia
Bandô Hikosaburô V as Nikki Danjô (1857) | Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Bandô Hikosaburô V as Nikki Danjô (1857) | Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Rat (Ne): (Actors as) Nikki Danjô and Arajishi Otokonosuke, from the series Selections for the Twelve Zodiac Signs (1852) | Utagawa Kuniyoshi