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Actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) as Ishikawa Goemon at the Battle of Okehazama (Okehazama Gassen)

Shunkōsai Hokushū

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Japanese woodblock print depicts an actor dressed as a male samurai; he wears a white robe with gray snowflake-like patterns, and a black robe with a patterned lining over his right shoulder; a white garment with blue stripes covers his right arm; red fabric is visible on his left; he holds a sword; black hair is pulled up, adorned with a brown headpiece on each side; a curved sword-holding accessory is behind; the background is beige; Japanese characters are on the right and left; the samurai's face is white with red eyebrows and blue below his lips.

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614 × 900 px
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