Double-Leaf from Album of Actor Portraits

Double-leaf from Album of Actor Portraits by Shōrakusai: The image shows two pages, one blank and one with a portrait. The blank page is on the left; it is off-white with a thin black border and some small spots and marks. The right page has a portrait of a man sitting on the floor; he wears a green robe with a checkered pattern on the inside and white flowers on the outside, and holds a sword and fan. The background of the portrait page is beige with a blue vertical rectangle behind the man's shoulder containing Japanese characters. There are more Japanese characters to the right of the man. The portrait page has a thin black border around the edge.

Artwork details

Dimensions:: 900 × 618 px
Museum record:: View original

Palette

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as Yatsurugi Zaemon (center), and Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi (left), In the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770