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Portrait of Oboshi Yuranosuke Yoshio (The Leader)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a man with a shaved head and a queue, wearing a yellow shirt with purple accents, and a black jacket with white and colorful designs on the shoulders and collar. The man holds a longbow and a sword in his left hand. A red oval with a green border and Japanese writing is in the upper right. Three vertical rectangles with Japanese writing are on the right side. The background is blue.

Artwork Details

Date
1852
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
425 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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