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The Actor Arashi Wakano as a wakashu (youth) in a kappa (raincoat)

Nishikawa Yoshinobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man wearing a long black kimono with pink and gold trim and circular designs on the chest and sleeves, holds a parasol with a pink and black patterned canopy with one hand. The man has black hair and his face is pale. He stands on a beige background wearing white socks and holding a pipe in his left hand. He has a pink lining on his kimono visible on the inside of his sleeve and at the bottom of his kimono. There is Japanese writing at the bottom of the image.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1725
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper (Urushi-e)
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
307 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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