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The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as a Man in Daimyo Attire

Katsukawa Shunkō

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man with long dark hair wears a traditional Japanese robe with a pink torso and white and red kimono. He stands with his body facing left and his head turned right. The kimono has a circular emblem on the chest and red circular designs on the bottom. A sword is on his back with the handle behind his right shoulder. He holds a branch with leaves in his left hand and a closed fan in his right. Black Japanese characters are vertically aligned on the right edge. The background is a mottled light brown with green and yellow on the bottom right corner.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1778
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
298 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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