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Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshirō IV

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful Japanese woodblock print of a man dressed as a woman. The man wears a kimono with vertical stripes and a design of red maple leaves on a brown background. Over the kimono, the man wears a second kimono with a black background and curving gray lines with a design of waves and rocks. He wears a traditional Japanese hat. The man holds one hand up to his face. The background shows a wall divided into triangular sections with diagonal stripes on it. The print is signed on the right.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1778
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
319 × 624 px
Museum record:
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