Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami)
A triptych print depicting four men. The man on the left wears a hakama and a divided garment. He holds a sword in his right hand and another behind his back. He is standing on a green ground with a tree trunk to his right. The central panel shows a man on a wheelbarrow. The man has a sword at his side and grasps a long bow. A man sits on the wheelbarrow, looking on. A man kneels in front of the wheelbarrow. The man on the right kneels on one knee. He wears a robe and holds a sword. The background behind the men on the left and right is green; the background behind the central man is beige.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 7th month, 1776
- Medium
- One sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 600 × 434 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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