Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V as Kagekiyo
Katsukawa Shunko
1797
- Medium
- Hanging scroll (nikuhitsu), ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- 33 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (85.73 x 26.99 cm) (image) 66 x 14 3/16 in. (167.64 x 36.04 cm) (w/o roller) 67 x 16 1/4 in. (170.18 x 41.28 cm) (w/roller)
- Genre
- Painting
Tags
Japan
About
The enormously popular actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V (1741–1806) took the name Ebizō in 1791. This painting was made five years after his retirement and carries a poetic inscription by the actor himself, even though it is seemingly written from the viewpoint of another actor. Ebizō has given up being an actor; being a performer myself, I regret it happened to such a good actor as he.
