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The Actors the Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro and the Arashi Sangoro

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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