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Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe no Suetake

Katsukawa Shunzan

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Japanese man with a shaved forehead and black hair in a topknot, wearing a kimono with circular designs in shades of beige and brown, and a red undergarment. He sits on a red blanket with white designs, holding a sword upright in his right hand and a short sword on his left side. His left leg is crossed over his right. The background shows a beige wall and a brown window shade with vertical black lines. There is a white cylindrical object behind him. Japanese characters are written vertically on the bottom right.

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