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Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Raizō I and Bandō Hikosaburō II

Torii Kiyomitsu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two men in traditional Japanese clothing, orange and brown kimonos with designs, standing amidst wooden buckets and baskets. The man on the right wears a kimono with a large square design on the sleeve, and his hair is styled in a topknot. He holds a long pole with baskets and a large bucket suspended from it. The man on the left has his hair tied up and is leaning on a bucket, with his hand near his face. There are several wooden buckets and baskets around them, some with Japanese characters written on them. The background is a light brown color with darker brown spots and Japanese text written vertically on either side.

Artwork Details

Date
1767
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
283 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
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