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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
Museum record:
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