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Ichikawa Komazō III in the Role of Kameō with Iwai Kumesaburō in the Role of Kameō's Wife, Oyasu, from the Play Shunkan futatsu omokage

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese woodblock print depicting two people. The woman stands on the right, wearing a brown and black kimono over a white underkimono. Her hair is styled in an updo and she wears a headband. She holds a small tray with a cup in her left hand. The man sits on the left, wearing a red kimono with a white grid pattern. He holds an axe in his right hand, resting it on a wooden stump in front of him. The man also holds a straight tool in his left hand. The background is beige with vertical Japanese text on either side.

Artwork details

Date:
1798–99
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
399 × 624 px
Museum record:
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