Actor Arashi Rikan as Mashiba Hisayoshi
- Date:
- ca. 1830
- Medium:
- Woodblock print on paper in album; ōban format, nishiki-e
- Source:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
Description
A kabuki actor crouches on a striped green cushion set on a veranda, gripping the cord of a straw sandal in one hand as he leans forward to tie it around his bare foot; a sword rests beside him on the cushion. He wears a black outer robe patterned with small white blossoms over a red-and-white striped underlayer and a blue-striped garment, with red leg wrappings and a red-and-white striped cloth at his neck. Behind him a yellow wall bears branches of white blossoms with a pink hanging ornament, and green hills are visible at the upper right; vertical text cartouches with kanji appear at left, and this is Gigadō Ashiyuki's 1830 ōban nishiki-e woodblock print titled "Actor Arashi Rikan as Mashiba Hisayoshi."
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Frequently Asked Questions
Actor Arashi Rikan as Mashiba Hisayoshi was created by Gigadō Ashiyuki (戯画堂芦幸) in ca. 1830.