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Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章

12th month, 1786 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Ichikawa Danjūrō V, in the role of the old woman Shiromasu-baba, wears a straw raincoat and a very wide straw hat slung across his back. He leans upon a staff and carries a bamboo basket of young fronds of bracken. Following this scene, the actor made a quick costume change and reappeared, dressed in a gaudy robe, as Hōjō Tokimasa bearing the head of Shiromasu, whom he has just killed.

Artist

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章

Date

12th month, 1786

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918