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)
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
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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