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Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kanto Koroku and Yamamura Ichitaro as Oichi

Torii Kiyotomo

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woodblock print depicting two men and a woman. The man on the left is bald with a goatee and wears a kimono with a patterned design. He looks to the right, toward the woman. A man sits on the floor to the right; he wears a kimono with a floral design and his hair is pulled back. He holds a pipe and looks down at the woman. The woman stands behind them, partially obscured by a sliding door; she wears a kimono with a striped design and her hair is pulled back. The background features a sliding door with a grid pattern. The print is done in black, yellow and brown ink. Japanese characters are written vertically on the left side. A seal is printed in the lower-right corner.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1721
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
317 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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