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The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku in the Role of Mutsuhana

Torii Kiyomitsu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman in a pink kimono with white and gold designs stands to the left. She faces right. Her hair is pulled up and decorated with pink flowers. She holds a sword in her right hand. A white circular object dangles from her left hand. There are pink flowers on the left. The background has tan vertical lines with yellow horizontal lines. Japanese characters are written vertically on the right and left.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1767
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
284 × 623 px
Museum record:
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