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Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Sadato's Wife Iwate

Tōshūsai Sharaku

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man in traditional Japanese clothing with a pink kimono adorned with white spots and a green undergarment sits on a patterned mat. He wears a yellow and red headband. He holds a fan in right hand with a circular design on it. His hair is styled with a small portion on top of his head. A flowering tree branch is depicted in upper-left corner with Japanese characters on the left. The background is beige with more Japanese characters.

Artwork Details

Date
1794–95
Medium
Possibly one sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
296 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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