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Ichikawa Monnosuke as a Courtesan and Nakajima Mioemon Bursting Out of a Barrel

Torii Kiyomasu

Cleveland Museum of Art

A large man bursts out of a barrel on top of a woman; both are dressed in traditional Japanese clothing, the man wears a kimono with wide black and white stripes on the inside and a yellow outside with a design and the woman wears a yellow kimono with a black and white design and a floral design on the bottom; both characters have black hair; the background is beige with Japanese writing.

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