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Nakajima Wadaemon and Nakamura Konozō as Bōdara no Chōzaemon and Kanagawaya no Gon in the Play "Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi"

Tōshūsai Sharaku

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two men with dark hair in topknots and pale skin. The man on the left has his hair slicked back and eyebrows angled down with a frown on his face. He wears a brown and beige checkered robe with a crest on the right sleeve and rests his hands on a wooden box at the bottom left. The man on the right leans towards the other man with a scowl on his face. He has black and red striped kimono with a circular crest on the left shoulder and his black hair tied up with a white band. Both have blue streaks on their heads. The background is grey with tan cracks across the surface.

Artwork Details

Date
1794
Medium
Woodblock print; ink, color, white mica on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
415 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
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