Kabuki Actors Sawamura Sōjūrō III and Segawa Kikunojō III
Two Japanese people wearing traditional kimonos. The person on the left is a man with a long, thin black ponytail and a teased top knot. He wears a long robe with a brown background and pink, orange, yellow, and blue designs. His robe has a large white panel on the front. He holds a sword in his right hand and a fan in his left. The man stands on a yellow floor, facing the left. The person on the right is a woman. She wears a black hat with orange accents. Her robe is pink, purple, and white. She holds a folded gray kimono panel in her left hand and a white circular object in her right. She stands on a yellow floor, facing right. The background is a beige wall with a geometric patterned band and two brown window shutters.
Artwork details
- Date:
- ca. 1780
- Medium:
- Diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 581 × 625 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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