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Nakamura Noshio II in the Role of Imayō uta Bikuni

Katsukawa Shunkaku

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman wearing a traditional kimono with brown and orange borders and a brown obi; she holds an umbrella out to the left with her right hand. The kimono's train extends to the floor and curves up. The woman wears a headband. She carries a dark box on her back. The background depicts a hazy landscape with ground and a line of distant mountain tops. Chinese characters are on the lower left.

Artwork Details

Date
1796 (Kansei 8)
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
293 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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