Artwork preview

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo Second with Raised Sword

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two vertical panels, a diptych, with a beige background. A man and a woman are depicted, each on a separate panel. The left panel shows a man with black hair, wearing an orange garment, a beige and white checkered robe over his left shoulder. A black and white sash around his waist. He stands on one leg and holds a long sword with both hands raised over his head. The right panel depicts a woman with long dark hair, wearing a pink kimono with white and black designs and a pink undergarment. She holds a short sword in her right hand. A bowl with chopsticks protruding is on the ground beside her. The background of both panels features a grassy hill on the left, with a small tree, and a black sky. A bird flies over the woman's head.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1793
Medium
Diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
594 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
View original
Palette

You May Also Like

The Actor Otani Hiroji III and the Actor Onoe Kikugoro I
The Actor Sakata Hangoro II and the Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV
The Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro as a Man Dressed in a Short Kimono
The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro as a Tall Woman in a Flat Straw Hat
The Actor Bando Mitsugoro as a Man in Sumptuous Raiment, Standing in a Field, Mount Fuji in the Background
Kabuki Actors Osagawa Tsuneyo II and Ichikawa Danjūrō V
The Actor Morita Kanya Wearing One Sword
Ichikawa  Ebijūrō II as Horiguchi Manzaemon, Arashi Rikan II as Kizu Kansuke, Nakayama Bunshichi III as Hayashi Sanzemon, and Asao Gakujurō as the Ferryman Sanjūrō from the Kabuki Play Eight Views of the Kizu River by Boating Song
Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima
Ichikawa Danjuro Fifth as a Komuso Holding a Basket-Hat in His Right Hand
Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami)
Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami)
Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami)
The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon and Arashi Sangorō
The Actors Otani Tomoemon I and Bando Mitsugoro I
Picture Book of the Warriors' Sandals (Ehon musha waraji) 絵本武者鞋
Group of Women Under a Blossoming Cherry Tree
Arashi Rikan II as Kizu Kansuke; Ichikawa Ebijuro II as Horiguchi Manzaemon
Tale of Eight Dogs (Hakkenden)  八犬伝;
Scene from a Drama
The Second Segawa Tomisaburo as a Tall Courtesan Standing in a Room
Fuji no Uraha
Kataoka Nizaemon VII and Ichikawa Yaozo III in a Confrontation Beside a Waterfall
Cherry Blossoms in the Wind