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Onoe Matsusuke as a Servant Standing Beside a House

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a man wearing traditional Japanese clothing. He has dark hair pulled back, a goatee and mustache, and is barefoot. The man wears a brown robe with a black collar, gray undergarment and socks, and a red robe with orange and white stripes draped over his shoulders. He stands in front of a building with a beige wall, a window with closed shutters at the top, and a decorative design on the bottom right. The man appears to hold the red robe with his right hand. His left arm is obscured. The background includes a beige floor and a small tree or branch on the left.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1793?
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
284 × 625 px
Museum record:
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