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
- Museum record:
- View original
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