

“Act II, Scene 2: Along Train Tracks in America,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki
Colorful woodblock print depicts a dramatic scene. Two people in modern Western clothing lie on the ground. The person on the left wears a white shirt with billowy sleeves and white pants; they have their eyes closed and their right arm raised above their head. A person on the right, wearing a white kimono and stockings sits with their back on the ground and their legs stretched out. A man in a black Western-style suit lies across their legs. Two figures with red skin and yellow sunflower-like headpieces stand over them. A man on the right holds a long stick. The background features a grassy area with a tree on the left and a body of water with a cloud and a full moon on the top right. A small wooden structure sits at an angle on the right. The scene is bordered by Japanese text.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 1879
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 431 × 625 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
You May Also Like


Twelve Hours of Spring Pleasures: Hour of the Goat

Postal Hōchi Newspaper no. 645, Englishman raping a wine shopkeeper's daughter (Yūbin Hōchi shinbun, roppyaku yonjū gogō)

Courtesan Dreaming of a Marriage Procession

The Loyal League (Chushingura)

The Strange Occurence of Ukiyo Matahei and his Famous Paintings
![Evening Glow on a Traveling Drama [Chinese watching a Kabuki play]](/api/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.metmuseum.org%2FCRDImages%2Fas%2Fweb-large%2FDP148041.jpg&w=1536&q=75)
Evening Glow on a Traveling Drama [Chinese watching a Kabuki play]

Women Beside a Stream Chasing Fireflies


Sumidagawa, Mimeguri

Chushingura: Act V of The Storehouse of Loyalty

Actors

The Festival of Dolls (Third Month)

Plum-blossom viewing in the third month at Sumida River from the series Annual Events at Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho nenjū gyōji sangatsu sumitagawa waka mōde)

A Boat upon the Waters

Chushingura: Act X of The Storehouse of Loyalty

Odawara Station: Minamoto Yoritomo Visits the Daughter of Ito Nyudo (from the series Fifty-three Paired Illustrations for the Tokaido)


The Eleventh Month

Washing the Book

Three Women on a Veranda

The Sixth Month (from the series The Twelve Felicitous Months in Edo Brocades)

Entertainment on a Balcony by the Water at Nakasu, from the series, A Collection of Beautiful Modern Women of the Pleasure Quarters

Iwai Shijaku II as Okame, the Daughter of a Furniture Store





