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Segawa Tomisaburo in the Role of Musume Dojoji in "Hanagatami Kazaori Eboshi"

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese woodblock print of a man dressed as a woman. The man wears a long robe with an orange and beige design and a tall orange headwear. He holds a fan in his right hand. He looks to the right. The background shows a beige wall with a brown section on the right side that has a cherry blossom branch extending from it into the top right corner. The image has a beige border. The print is done in black, orange, and beige ink.

Artwork details

Date:
February 1774
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
302 × 623 px
Museum record:
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