The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Kago Bearer Standing Near a Mile Post

The image depicts a man in traditional Japanese clothing. He wears a brown robe with a red and yellow geometric pattern. The robe has red lining visible at the sleeves and hem. His hair is pulled back, and he wears sandals. The man carries a large, round object with a handle, which appears to be a kago, a type of Japanese sedan chair. The object is brown with a diamond-shaped design. To the left of the man, there is a stone post with Japanese writing on it. The background of the image is a plain beige color, with a yellow floor. The overall style of the image suggests it is a woodblock print. The man is identified as Ichikawa Danjuro.

Artwork details

Date:: ca. 1783–84
Medium:: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 306 × 624 px
Museum record:: View original

Palette

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Hata Rokurozaemon Disguised as the Samurai's Manservant (Yakko) Igaguri Hanehei (left), and Nakamura Noshio I as the Lady-in-Waiting Koto no Naishi (right), in the Dance Sequence "Sodegasa Momiji no Tekuda" (Umbrella Sleeves: Coquettish Tricks at Maple Time), from the Fourth Act of the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki (The War Tale Taiheiki: With Din and Clamor of Battle), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

The Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro as a Samurai

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII

The Actor Ichikawa Raizo I as Minamoto no Yoshitsune in the play "Nihon ga Hana Hogan Biiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1761

Haruka and Haruji of the Kadotamaya as Soga no Goro and Asaina Saburo in the armor-pulling scene, from the series "Comic Performances by the Entertainers of the Pleasure Quarters at the Niwaka Festival (Seiro geiko niwaka kyogen zukushi)"

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Teraoka Heiemon in the play "Hoshi Aikotoba Higashiyama no Sakae," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1763

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Saito Sanemori in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

The Poet Kisen Hoshi, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)

Ichikawa Yaozo II as an Itinerant Peddler

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Goro

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Denkurō II

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V standing inside of a house and in front of an engawa

The Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen), from the series "Collection of Comic Performances from the Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro niwaka kyogen zukushi)"