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The Second Ichikawa Yaozo as a Samurai Dressed in a Gaudy Kamishimo

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man wears a red kimono and a gaudy kamishimo, which is a type of divided shoulder wrap. He has a sword at his side and holds a large umbrella. The man has black hair pulled back into a traditional Japanese style with a distinctive curved shape on top, and his face is painted with red lines. He stands on a yellow ground with a grassy hill behind him. The background is beige. Japanese characters are written vertically on the left side.

Artwork Details

Date
probably 1773
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
319 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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