The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Chinzai Hachiro
The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print of a man carrying another person on his back. The man is wearing a white robe with brown trim and a circular emblem on the back. He has a blue headband and bare feet with ankle chains. He is carrying a second man on his back, who has a distinctive hairstyle and wears a red undergarment. The man on the back has his arms wrapped around the first man's head. To the right of the men is a small pink box with flames rising from it. The background features a wall with a decorative border and a ceiling with diagonal beams. Japanese characters are written vertically on the left side and in the top right corner of the image. The floor is yellow.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 12th month, 1780
- Medium
- Left-hand sheet of a diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 302 × 625 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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