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The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese woodblock print depicts a man with dark hair pulled back into a half-updo, wearing a beige kimono with a brown sash, an orange undergarment, and a yellow divided skirt. He stands barefoot on a green floor, holding a yellow object with a red ribbon to his chest. To his left, a large beige pot sits on a green plant, and a wooden spoon rests on the ground. The background is a mottled beige color, with Japanese text written vertically along the right edge and horizontally at the bottom right.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1773
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
321 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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