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Scene from the Drama "Shusse Taiheike," Performed at the Ichimura Theatre

Okumura Masanobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white image of two people on beige background. The person on the left is a woman with dark hair wearing a kimono with a hexagonal pattern and a floral pattern. The woman has one arm behind her back holding an object. The person on the right is a man with short dark hair wearing a kimono with a striped pattern and a floral pattern. The man is holding a sword. There are characters written vertically on the left and right side. There is a red rectangular seal on the upper right side. There are clouds behind the man. A color scale is at the bottom.

Artwork details

Date:
probably 1709
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 477 px
Museum record:
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