Samurai and Wakashu (Male Youth)

Creator Name

Miyagawa Isshō

Cultural Context

Japanese

Date

Creation: 18th century

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

About the Work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Hanging scroll

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Title

Samurai and Wakashu (Male Youth)

Creator

Miyagawa Isshō (link to bio), Painter

Miyagawa Isshō;
Miyagawa Isshō, Japanese, 1689–1780, Artist

Worktype

Hanging scroll; Kakemono

Paintings

Cultural Context

Japanese

Japan

Material

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Dimensions

Image: 33 3/8 × 17 5/16 in. (84.8 × 44 cm) Overall with mounting: 70 1/4 × 22 3/8 in. (178.4 × 56.8 cm) Overall with knobs: 70 1/4 × 24 1/8 in. (178.4 × 61.3 cm);
height: 178.43536centimetre;
width: 56.832615centimetre;
height: 84.8centimetre;
width: 44centimetre;
width: 61.277622centimetre

Technique

Language

Japanese

Date

Creation: 18th century

early 18th century

Provenance

Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2018

Style Period

Ukiyo-e

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Creation: Japan

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Descriptive Topic: People, Japanese people, Entertainer, Actor, Theatre, Kabuki, Kimono, Nihongami, Man, Wakashū

Topic

Curationist Contributors

Jessica Gengler

Related Content

Part of: Gender Variations in Edo Japan

All Works in Curationist’s archives can be reproduced and used freely. How to attribute this Work:

Miyagawa Isshō, Samurai and Wakashu (Male Youth), early 18th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art. This hanging scroll depicts two kabuki actors, one portraying the role of an older man of the samurai warrior class and the other in the role of wakashū, a youth of a third gender distinct from men and women. Public Domain.

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