Artwork preview

An Unidentified Actor Stands with an Open Fan in His Hand

Katsukawa Shunkō

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man wearing a black kimono and a red checkered robe stands with an open fan in his right hand. The man has a shaved head with a small topknot. He has a white trim on his kimono and robe. He wears white socks and stands on a yellow floor. The background is a beige wall with a flowering tree painted on it. The tree has a thick brown trunk and branches. The man faces left. The image is in a traditional Japanese woodblock print style.

Artwork details

Date:
1743–1812
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
289 × 624 px
Museum record:
View original
Palette

You May Also Like

The Actor Bando Mitsugorō I as one of the Conen Otoko or Five Kyokaku
The Actor Nakamura Riko I in an Unidentified Role
The Actor Ichikawa Monosuke II in an Unidentified Female Role
The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Kyokaku
An Unidentified Actor
The Third Ichikawa Yaozō as a Daimyo Standing Under a Maple Tree
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro 4th as a Man
Kabuki Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II
Matsumoto Sumezō as a Man in Winter Attire Standing in the Snow
Hour of the Ox [2am] (Ushi no koku), from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in the Role of a Woman
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo 3rd in a Female Role
The Actor Arashi Hinaji in an Unidentified Female Role
Onoe Matsusuke I as Ebisu, from The Stand-In Seven Gods of Good Fortune
Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shimokōbe Shōji Yukihira and Segawa Yūjiro I as Matsukaze, Sister of Togashi no Saemon, in “Your Favorite Play: The Subscription List” (Gohiiki Kanjinchō)
The First Nakamura Tomijuro as a Woman
The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman Standing in a Room
The Onnagata Actor Hanagiri Toyomatsu (Shisei) III as Ohaya
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kajiwara Heiji (?) in the Play Hiragana Seisuiki (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1776 (?)
The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II in an Unidentified Role
Sanjō Kantarō as a Woman Arranging Her Hair Before a Lacquer Mirror
Segawa Michinosuke Wearing a Padded Plaid Robe
The Second Ichikawa Yaozo as a Man Standing with His Arms Crossed
Segawa Kikunojo III