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Wakayama Tomisaburo as a Woman in a Yellow and Red-Brown Striped Kimono

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a man dressed as a woman wearing a yellow and red-brown striped kimono with black accents on the sleeves and hem. He has a black and red headpiece on his head. He carries a child on his back who wears a light-colored kimono. The background is a yellow wall with a grid pattern and a decorative black design on the lower portion. A window or sliding door with a grid pattern made of white and yellow squares is behind the man. The man and child are standing on a yellow floor. The man and child are facing left. The man's face is white. The child sleeps on the man's back.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1798
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
294 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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