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The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as an Old Man with Long Gray Hair

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SKU: TRG-PRINT-UNF-METM-36894 Category: Giclee Prints Tags: Asian, Figures, Theatre & Performance Artist: Shunsho, Katsukawa

Tags: Asian, Figures, Theatre & Performance

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Katsukawa Shunshō portrays Ichikawa Danjūrō V as an old man stooped over a staff. Gray hair and a dark outer robe define the upper figure, while pale legwear makes the crouched lower body distinct. The staff gives the posture a visible support, making assumed age something expressed through bodily effort as well as appearance.

Made around 1773, the print was produced in ink and color on paper. The portrait offers a reminder that stage images can preserve deliberate changes of appearance as well as recognizable likenesses. Danjūrō’s name anchors the figure to a particular theatrical career, while the old-man role asks an audience to accept another identity. Shunshō holds both in view, making performance a meeting between the known individual and the person imagined through him.

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