Actor Ōtani Hiroeman III as Asahara Jirō

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1778

The family crest prominently displayed on his right sleeve, and his notably large mouth, suggest that the actor depicted here is Ōtani Hiroemon III (1726–90). Hiroemon III debuted in Edo in the late 1740s and… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Katsukawa Shunshō ¹
Date: 1778 ¹
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper ¹
Original: 866 × 1,920 px ¹
License: Public domain (Minneapolis Institute of Art)
Credit: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Bequest of Richard P. Gale

Object record, Minneapolis Institute of Art

Historical context appears here only once it has verified sources. An empty record is better than a wrong one.

Computed from the image

warmhigh contrastmid tonesportrait

Measured from pixels, not historical readings.

Close in palette, light and contrast · computed

Pubblicità: Le filiali del Banco di Roma al servizio dell'Impero. Sullo sfondo: cartina geografica, cammelli e cammelliere

In contrast

Similar light, opposite temperature · computed

Related

In contrast