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The Actor Matsumoto Yonesaburō in a Woman's Role

Utagawa Kunimasa

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print of a person dressed as a woman. The person has black hair styled in an updo with a yellow headband and adorned with white tassels and a red bow. The person's face is turned to the left; they have a slender nose and red lips. The person wears a black kimono with white dots and a green lining around the neck. There are several lines of Japanese text on the left side of the image. The background of the image is a mottled gray color.

Artwork Details

Date
late 1790s
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
425 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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