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Kabuki Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III, from the series Portraits of Kabuki Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man wearing a long black robe with an orange lining and a gold floral pattern stands facing left. He wears a thin black topknot and has a sword at his side and another in his hand. He holds a woven basket. The background is gray. There is Japanese writing on the right side.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1794
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
410 × 624 px
Museum record:
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