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The Actor Nakamura Rikō, as a Courtesan with a Sword

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman wearing a kimono stands on a yellow floor with a sword by her side. Her kimono is black with a gold floral pattern, and she is holding a cloth with a black and gold pattern. She has an ornament in her hair. The wall behind her is beige with a geometric pattern on the bottom half. The top section of the image is beige, with some black Japanese text on the right side.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1780
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
327 × 624 px
Museum record:
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