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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danzō III

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SKU: TRG-PRINT-UNF-METM-36903 Category: Giclee Prints Tags: Asian, Figures, Theatre & Performance Artist: Shunsho, Katsukawa

Tags: Asian, Figures, Theatre & Performance

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In Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danzō III, Katsukawa Shunshō contrasts a reddish angular upper garment with long checker-patterned trousers. A pointed or arched doorway frames the standing figure, giving the costume a firm architectural counterpart. The changes of pattern and shape make the actor’s presence distinct without needing the unrecorded role to be supplied.

Made around the 1760s, this ink-and-color woodblock print belongs to Shunshō’s Edo-period actor imagery. A stage portrait preserves something temporary in a form that can be seen repeatedly: an actor’s appearance survives after the performance itself has ended. Here Danzō’s name gives that survival an individual focus. The work invites attention to the performer without requiring every surrounding detail to be translated into a fully reconstructed scene.

Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the Katsukawa Shunshō collection.