Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)

A traditional Japanese-style artwork featuring a group of nine men sitting on tatami mats. The men are dressed in traditional attire consisting of black kimono with orange lining and white headpieces. They are positioned on the floor of a room divided into sections by black lines. The room's walls are beige and orange; a long vertical white paper with black writing and a red seal is on the right wall. The background features trees through a window or opening at the back of the room. The artwork appears to be done in a traditional Japanese style with muted colors. The artwork is a triptych; it's arranged across three panels. The men appear to either be reading or writing.

Artwork details

Date:: 1897
Medium:: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 599 × 308 px
Museum record:: View original

Palette

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Karigane Obun, Nakayama Tomisaburo I as An no Oyasu, Iwai Kiyotaro II as Kaminari no Osha, Nakayama Tatezo I as Gokuin no Osen, and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Hotei no Oichi (right to left), in "Gonin Onna," Scene One of the Play Waka Murasaki Edokko Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1792