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The Actor Ichikawa Komazō III

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man wearing a brown robe and white pants stands facing slightly left. The man has his dark hair pulled back and tied into a small topknot. He holds a folded piece of fabric in front of his stomach with both hands. The fabric is the same shade of brown as the robe he wears. The robe is draped over his right shoulder and the lower part appears to be tucked into his pants. The pants are white and gathered at the ankles. The man wears zōri footwear. The background is a mottled light brown with a tree to the right of the figure. The tree has areas of white trunk showing. The tree grows from behind a bamboo plant. The work's artist's signature and a seal are on the lower-right corner. The image shows a ruler on the right side for scale. The background behind the image of the man is beige.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1791 (Kansei 3)
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
372 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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