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Asao Gakujurō as the Ferryman Sanjūrō from the Kabuki Play Eight Views of the Kizu River by Boating Song

Shunshosai Hokuchō

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Japanese woodblock print depicts a man in a white and blue kimono with red undergarments and black socks, holding a long sword above his head with his right hand and a shorter sword in his left hand. The man wears a hairstyle with his hair pulled back and has white footwear. His kimono has a blue and grey pattern. He appears to be standing over another man wearing a brown kimono with a white headband, who is on one knee with a sword in his right hand. The man on the ground has bare feet. The background of the print fades from black at the top to light brown at the bottom. There are several Japanese characters written vertically on the right side and in two small rectangles on the left side.

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638 × 900 px
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