# Momonoi Wakasanosuke Drawing a Sword

- By: Katsukawa Shunei (1762–1819)
- Date: 1795
- Medium: paper
- Classification: print
- Dimensions: height 365 mm x width 249 mm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-P-2013-6--68dd8fd9ed31dd5e4cf6a9f23dc7b0b8)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/PXjLC/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The print features an actor in the play Chushingura. This famous Japanese saga is about 47 samurai who avenge their master’s death. The colours are well preserved. Notice, for example, the subtle red around the eyes: this make-up identifies the figure as an actor.