Title: The Actor Nakamura Nakazō I as the Elderly Samurai Hige no Ikyū
Object type: Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Date: 1782 (Tenmei 2), 5th month
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1726–1792
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Middle sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Vertical hosoban; Image: 12 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (32.4 × 14.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1914
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Swords, term: Men, term: Actors