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Album of Forty-eight Actor Prints

Utagawa Kunisada

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print of a man, in red, brown, and black clothing with a yellow and black object behind him on the left, on beige background with pink cherry blossoms. The man has black hair and his right knee is bent with his right foot mostly off the ground. The man is leaning slightly to the left, with his left leg extended. The man wears a red divided skirt over a black garment with puffy sections resembling a cape. The man wears a red top with long sleeves. The man wears a white and black striped item around his waist. The man holds an object in both hands up to his mouth. There are Japanese characters on the right in black on a yellow background, and on the bottom left in black. There is a tree branch with pink blossoms hanging down from the top right. The image is from the Album of Forty-eight Actor Prints by Utagawa Kunisada.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Album of 48 woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
422 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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