Kabukidō Enkyō (歌舞伎堂 艶鏡, fl. c. 1796) was a Japanese artist who designed ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Nothing is known of Enkyō’s life, and only seven of his works are known, all of which are ōkubi yakusha-e, bust portrait prints of kabuki actors.
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Block prints were very popular in Japan during the Edo period (1603-1868). The most popular of which is The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, which predicts the end of Japan being cut off from the rest of the world.
This block print is of an actor portraying Umeomaru, basically a wizard samari that is granted special powers to punish wickedness.
Umeomaru’s name is a homonym of ume, meaning plum.
