Artwork preview

The Actors Nakamura Tomijirō in the Role of Ono no Komachi and Sanogawa Ichimatsu in the Role of Her Servant

Torii Kiyohiro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two people in traditional Japanese clothing. The person on the left is a man with black hair in a ponytail and a green robe with gold and white patterns. He holds an open parasol with a black and gold design over the woman on the right. He looks up towards the parasol and is barefoot. The woman on the right wears a green robe with a gold honeycomb and flower pattern. She holds a small sake serving cabinet and has black hair with a hairpiece. The background is tan with black diagonal lines suggesting rain. Japanese characters are written vertically on the left and right of the image and a rectangular block of characters in the bottom-right.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1756
Medium
Woodblock print (beni-e); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
297 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
View original
Palette