Artwork preview

Danjuro V, in chain-mail

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print of a man, Danjuro V, wearing a red chain-mail garment and holding a sword. The man has dark hair and a mustache and goatee. He wears a red garment resembling chain mail with a fringed hem, a wide obi around his waist, and striped tabi socks; his feet are bare. The man holds a long sword with both hands, the blade extending up and over his left shoulder. He stands on a brown floor in front of a wooden railing with a post on the left. The railing has horizontal slats and a vertical post with a rounded knob on top. The background is a plain beige color. The style is traditional Japanese ukiyo-e. The colors used are muted, with shades of red, brown, beige, and black.

Artwork Details

Date
1786 (?)
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
282 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
View original
Palette