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The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as a Samurai in Fighting Trim

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print of a man dressed as a samurai. The man is barefoot and wears a black sleeveless top with a red sash around his waist and red shorts. He has a sword on his back and another in his right hand. His hair is tied up in a bun. The background shows a gray wall with diagonal rain streaks and a beige ground with some grass and a log. There are some Japanese characters on the right side of the print. A gray scale is on the right side of the image.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1703
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
375 × 623 px
Museum record:
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