Japanese Drawing

The Japanese Drawing by shows three men sitting on the floor. The man on the left has short dark hair and wears a green robe with wide sleeves and a white sash. He sits cross-legged, facing right. The man in the middle is balding with a mustache and wears a dark robe over a white garment. He sits cross-legged, facing forward, and holds a sword. The man on the right has short dark hair and wears a blue robe with wide sleeves and a blue sash. He sits cross-legged, facing left, and holds a piece of paper. The background is beige with some Chinese characters written vertically on either side of the men.

Artwork details

Date:: early 19th century
Medium:: On paper
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 600 × 441 px
Museum record:: View original

Palette

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Hata Rokurozaemon Disguised as the Samurai's Manservant (Yakko) Igaguri Hanehei (left), and Nakamura Noshio I as the Lady-in-Waiting Koto no Naishi (right), in the Dance Sequence "Sodegasa Momiji no Tekuda" (Umbrella Sleeves: Coquettish Tricks at Maple Time), from the Fourth Act of the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki (The War Tale Taiheiki: With Din and Clamor of Battle), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

Collected Thirty-six Kyōka Poets (Kyōka roku roku shū) 興歌六々集

Kyoka Ehon Shokunin Kagami

Immortal Poet

Spread Two from Volume Two of People of Japan in Light Verse (Kyōka)

The Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen), from the series "Collection of Comic Performances from the Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro niwaka kyogen zukushi)"