Title: The Actor Bando Hikosaburo in the role of Asahi na Saburo Breaking Open the Castle Door
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1730
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Okumura Masanobu 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1686–1764
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 12 7/32 x 5 31/32 in. (31.1 x 15.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Francis Lathrop Collection, Purchase, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1911
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Swords, term: Men, term: Actors