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Actor (Sanjo Kantaro?) in the Role of a Courtesan

Okumura Toshinobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man dressed as a woman, wearing a black kimono with orange and gold designs; holding a fan in the right hand and a parasol over the head in the left. The parasol has a black frame with orange and white stripes on the inside and is pointed at the top. The man dressed as a woman is also wearing white undergarments on the feet. There are Japanese characters on the bottom right and a small square seal on the bottom left. The background is a mottled brown color.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1728
Medium:
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
304 × 623 px
Museum record:
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