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Portrait of an Actor

Ippitsusai Bunchō

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print of a man in traditional Japanese clothing. The man has black hair and wears a white kimono with red markings underneath an indigo kimono with white and pink floral designs. The man holds a staff in his right hand and grasps a large red torii gate with his left hand. The man stands beside a green tree. The man stands on grass. Japanese characters are on a white rectangle on the upper right and written vertically along the lower right edge. The background is grey.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1770
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
331 × 624 px
Museum record:
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