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Actor as Kimon no Kihei

Ryūsai Shigeharu

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Japanese woodblock print of an actor wearing a brown plaid kimono. The kimono has a teal and red lining. He has a white under collar with blue dots around the edges. He has a small bun on top of his head and a white and blue decorative piece on the back. His right hand is visible and holds a long object. The background is gray with some darker gray shading around the top edge. There are several Japanese characters written in dark ink across the top portion.

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627 × 900 px
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