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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V standing inside of a house and in front of an engawa

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a man in traditional Japanese clothing standing inside a house and in front of a sliding door or barrier, called an engawa. The man is wearing a kimono with a salmon-pink under-kimono and a patterned outer kimono. The man has his hair styled in a traditional Japanese topknot. The man is holding a sword at his side. The background is a simple beige wall. The floor appears to be made of wood. There are some Japanese characters written on the bottom right side of the image.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1772
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
297 × 624 px
Museum record:
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