# The Actor Ishikawa Danjuro V Performing a Shibaroku Act with a Drawn Sword in His Hand, in 18th-century Japan

Katsukawa Shunshō designed this in about 1781, aged about 45. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> The great actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V strikes a pose with a drawn sword in Shibaraku, the bombastic role in which a hero bursts onto the stage crying “Wait a moment” to rescue the innocent.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1781
- Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: H. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm); W. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
- Type: Prints
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, JP1298
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Katsukawa Shunshō](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/katsukawa-shunsho), Japanese, 1726–1792

Shunshō founded the Katsukawa school and changed the way kabuki actors were portrayed, giving them recognisable individual features rather than standard types. From the late 1760s his actor designs, often in the narrow hosoban format, dominated the field.

6 works in the collection.

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