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An Actor of the Iwai Clan as a Woman

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print of a woman dressed as a man. The man wears a kimono with a green, pink, and white floral pattern. A pink and white striped section is at the top of the kimono. The kimono has a long train. The man also wears a black and yellow hat. In the background, there is a wall with a grid pattern and a branch with pink flowers. The floor is yellow. There are several lines of Japanese text on the right side of the image and one at the bottom.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1795
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
283 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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