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The Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro as an Outlaw Looking at a Wooden Ninsogaki

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print of a man sitting on a wooden bucket or tub. He sits on the edge with one leg bent and the other extended. He has his right elbow on his knee and his head in his right hand. He wears a headband, an outer robe with a red lining and a sash around his waist. The robe has a pattern of dark brown shapes on a gold background on the right side and a red and white pattern on the left. He also wears white undergarments that are gray at the knees. The wooden bucket he sits on is full of items wrapped in a net. A red fence is behind him. A pine tree branch hangs down from the upper right corner. There is Japanese writing on the left edge.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1779–83
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
295 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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