Duel Scene from the Kabuki Drama, "A Soga Pattern Dyed to Order" (Ōatsurae-zome Soga Hinagata)

Woodblock print with two men in a fighting stance. The men are wearing white clothing with red accents and have long hair. They are barefoot and have swords. The man on the left has a sword in his right hand and a shorter sword on his left side. The man on the right has a sword in his right hand and a longer sword on his left side. The background is a dark sky over a body of water. The ground is brown. The print is done in shades of brown and black. The men are drawn in a traditional Japanese style.

Artwork details

Date:: 1774
Medium:: Diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 546 × 625 px
Museum record:: View original

Palette

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Omi no Kotoda (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Bamba no Chuda (left), in the Joruri "Sono Chidori Yowa no Kamisuki" (The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight), from Part Two of the Play O-atsurae-zome Soga no Hinagata (A Soga Pattern Dyed to Order), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Tenth Day of the Third Month, 1774

Kataoka Nizaemon VII and Ichikawa Yaozo III in a Confrontation Beside a Waterfall

The Actors Otani Tomoemon I and Bando Mitsugoro I

Catching Fireflies

The Abalone (Awabi), from an untitled series of Shells

The Actor Otani Hiroji III and the Actor Onoe Kikugoro I

Three Water Carriers at the Shore

The Actor Sakata Hangoro II and the Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV

Scene from a Drama

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro as a Stately Woman

Totsuka, from the series "Mount Fuji in the Four Seasons (Shiki no Fuji)"

Act IX (Dai kudanme): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Ōboshi Rikiya and Bandō Kamezō I as Kakogawa Honzō, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chūshingura)

Actors playing the roles of Giheiji and his son-in-law, Danshichi Kurobei

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo III and Nakamura Sukegoro II

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo Second with Raised Sword

Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as Danshichi Kurobei and Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Issun Tokubei in “Mirror of Osaka in the SummerFestival” (“Natsu MatsuriNaniwa Kagami”)

The Actors Bando Mitsugoro I as Hata no Kawakatsu (right), and Otani Hiroemon III as the Manservant (Yakko) Gansuke (left), in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai (Shrine Pillars on a Stone Base), Performed at the Morita Theater from the Fifteenth Day of the Seventh Month, 1773

Girl Filling a Bucket with Sea Water

Musashi, from the series "Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)"

Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing His Flute in the Moonlight

Making a Giant Snowball

Actors Nakajima Mihoemon II as Fujiwara no Shihei, Ichikawa Ebizô III as Matsuo-maru, Ichikawa Yaozô II as Sakura-maru, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Umeo-maru in “Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy” (“Sugawara denju tenarai kagami”)