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Double-Leaf from Album of Actor Portraits

Shōrakusai

Cleveland Museum of Art

Double-leaf from Album of Actor Portraits by Shōrakusai: A Japanese artwork on aged paper, rectangular in shape. The left side features a man with long, straight black hair, wearing a traditional Japanese kimono with a white base color. The kimono has a red and blue patterned hem and a purple sash. The man is sitting on the ground with his knees bent, looking down. He is positioned in front of green grass and purple flowers. The background behind the man is beige. The right side of the artwork is blank and white, surrounded by a thin black line border. There is a strip of paper with Japanese writing vertically attached to the center. The artwork has a thin black border around the edges. The overall color palette is muted, with beige, white, black, green, purple, and red.

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900 × 618 px
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