The Actors the Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro and the Arashi Sangoro
Two vertical, rectangular panels with beige backgrounds and a darker beige horizontal band across the bottom third. The left panel depicts a man in a traditional Japanese robe with orange, yellow and white stripes and an orange top with a white floral design. He holds a round white object in his right hand and a long, thin object in his left hand. The man is wearing a traditional Japanese hairstyle. The right panel depicts a man in a traditional Japanese robe with orange, yellow and white stripes, wearing a gray robe over his shoulders. He holds a long, thin brown object to his mouth. The man is wearing a traditional Japanese hairstyle. Both men have a block of Japanese characters in the bottom-left and bottom-right corners of their panels.
Artwork details
- Date:
- 1776
- Medium:
- Diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 581 × 625 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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