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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
Museum record:
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