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Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Ushiwaka no Genji in the Kabuki play A Parody of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Mitate Sangokushi-Ushiwaka no Genji)

Toyohara Kunichika

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese woodblock print depicts a man with dark hair and a floral-patterned robe holding a fan. The man looks to his left. He has a sword on his back, and a large decorative fan and several smaller decorative fans are on the upper left. There are several rectangles of Japanese text on the image. The background is dark blue. A ruler or other measuring device sits to the right of the image.

Artwork details

Date:
4th month, 1868
Medium:
One sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
490 × 624 px
Museum record:
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