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The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro in the Role of Oboshi Yuranosuke

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a man wearing a traditional Japanese kimono. He wears a predominantly black kimono with green and pink accents and a circular white design on the left sleeve. A green garment is draped over his right shoulder. The man has a thin mustache and sideburns. He holds a sword in his right hand and a folded fan in his left. He stands in a room with a grid-patterned window on his left. A hanging plant and potted tree are visible behind him. Japanese characters appear on the bottom left. The background is off-white.

Artwork Details

Date
6th month, 1783
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
291 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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