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ASAKUSA, JAPAN STREET ART: SHIRANAMI GONIN OTOKO

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This is Nippon Daemon (日本駄右衛門) – the leader of the “Shiranami Gonin Otoko” (白浪五人男), a famous gang of gentleman-thieves from Edo-period kabuki plays.

You see statues of these kabuki characters around Asakusa because the area is closely linked with traditional theatre and old Edo culture.

In Asakusa’s Denbōin-dori they’ve hidden statues of all five thieves, but I only noticed two!


This is Benten Kozō Kikunosuke (弁天小僧菊之助) – one of the five dashing thief characters from the kabuki play Shiranami Gonin Otoko (Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishikie).

29nov25

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