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Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna

Katsukawa Shunzan

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Japanese man with a stern expression, dressed in a red robe with a white design, sits in a crouched position. He wears a traditional hairstyle and has a sword at his side. The robe has a large white design on the side, consisting of three circles. His face is pale, and he has dark eyebrows and hair. He appears to be wearing a patterned under-robe. The background is beige with a tan section at the top, featuring vertical black lines. There are Japanese characters to the right of the man's head.

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432 × 900 px
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