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The First Nakamura Tomijuro in the Role of Izaemon

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese man wearing a green hat and kimono stands in a room. The man has black hair. He wears a green hat with a curved brim that covers the top of his head and a wide, curved shape on the right side. He holds the brim with his left hand. He wears a long, dark-gray kimono with a light-orange sash around his waist. A light-green under-kimono is visible on his arms and at his feet. The kimono has designs on the sleeves and on the right side. The man wears light-colored footwear. He stands in a room with a floor covered in light-green tatami mats. A large window or shoji screen with vertical wooden frames is behind him on the left. The bottom of the window frame is orange wood. An orange-wood panel is on the right. A vertical line of Japanese characters is on the right. The background is framed with a white border.

Artwork details

Date:
2nd month, 1771
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
314 × 624 px
Museum record:
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