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The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Man Standing

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Man Standing by Katsukawa Shunshō depicts a man in traditional Japanese clothing. The man has dark hair styled up with a black decoration on top. He wears a red robe underneath a yellow and red striped robe. The man is holding a white sack in his right hand. The man is standing on a yellow floor with his left hand near his body, and his head turned to the left. The background is a beige color. There are three Japanese characters written vertically on the bottom right of the image.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1775
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
297 × 624 px
Museum record:
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