Artwork preview

Sawamura Sojuro III and Arashi Murajiro as Kusunoki Masatsura and Koto no Naishi

Torii Kiyonaga

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts two men in traditional Japanese clothing standing on a bridge. The man on the left wears a black robe with white polka dots and a white head covering; he holds a parasol in his right hand and a sword in his left. The man on the right wears a light-colored robe with a floral pattern and a black head covering; he holds a sword at his side. A railing runs along the bottom of the image, and a tree branch with blossoms extends from the top. Japanese characters are written in black ink throughout the image.

Artwork details

Dimensions:
617 × 900 px
Museum record:
View original
Palette

You May Also Like

The Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Kusunoki Masatsura and Arashi Murajiro as Ben no Naishi, in the shosa "Sode Furu Yuki Yoshino Shui," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1786
No Title
Out for a Walk
The View from Komagata Hall, from the series "Eight Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan hakkei)"
A Set of Three Romantic Journeys (Michiyuki sanpuku tsui)
Scene from a Shosa Act
Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing
Young Lady and Matron, from "Girls of Fukagawa - A Triptych (Fukagawa musume sanpukutsui)"
Daimyō and his Retinue Crossing a Stream in Plain Near Fuji
MotHer Carrying Her Baby Girl to the Miya Mairi
Young Lady with Drum and Man with Fan Saluting Her
Two Courtesans on a Balcony (From the series Five Colors of Ink)
Kamioki, from the series "A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)"
Courtesans and Attendants
Three Women at the Base of a Pine Tree
Omi Province from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)
The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the ghost of Yatsuhashi, Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, and Ichikawa Danjuro V as the ghost of Seigen, in the play "Sono Omokage Matsu ni Sakura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1783
A Young Male Actor on Parade in Autumn Rain
The Actors Ichikawa Komazo I (L) and Nakamura Matsue I (R)
An Actor With a Rack of Wigs
The Courtesans Misayama of the Chojiya and Wakana of the Matsubaya Parading under Cherry Blossoms
The Actor Arashi Wakano as a Young Samurai in Woman's Clothes
Three Young Women Strolling on the Bank of the Sumida River
Ono no Komachi Visiting Kiyomizu Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)