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Bando Hikosaburo III as Sugawara no Michizane, from the Kabuki play, "Sugawara's Secrets of Calligraphy" (Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami)

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a man with fair skin. The man is shown from the chest up. He is wearing a black kimono. The man has a white neck lining. The man has a black hairstyle with a topknot. The man has two dots drawn on his forehead. The man has one visible hand holding an object. The object appears to be a rectangular shape made of wood. The man has a string tied around his face. The string is tied to the man's hairstyle. The background color is shades of gray. The image has Japanese characters on the right side.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
419 × 624 px
Museum record:
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