「小早川高景 尾上芙雀」（三代目）|The Actor Onoe Fujaku III as Kobayakawa Takakage
mid-1820s
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban
Dimensions
Image: 15 3/8 × 10 5/8 in. (39.1 × 27 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Miki and Sebastian Izzard, 2020
Accession Number
2020.394
Art Historical Context
Behold the vibrant woodblock print *The Actor Onoe Fuj III as Kobayakawaakage* by Seiyōsai Shunshi, created in the mid-1820s during Japan's Edo period (1615–1868). This *yakusha-e* (actor portrait) captures Onoe Fujaku III, a celebrated kabuki performer of the third generation, embodying fierce samurai Kobayakawa Takakage historical figure from the turbulent Sengoku era, loyal retainer to the Mori clan.shi masterfully conveys the actor's dramatic intensity through exaggerated expressions and dynamic poses, hallmarks of kabuki theater that blurred the lines between stage and everyday fascinatio...