Ichikawa Danjūrō V in the Role of Shiromasu-baba

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ichikawa Danjūrō V, in the role of the old woman Shiromasu-baba, wears a straw raincoat and a very wide straw hat slung across his back. He leans upon a staff and carries a bamboo basket of young fronds of bracken. Following this scene, the actor made a quick costume change and reappeared, dressed in a gaudy robe, as Hōjō Tokimasa bearing the head of Shiromasu, whom he has just killed.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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