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Portrait of Yoshida Sayaemon Kanesada

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a man with dark hair tied back with a white bow, wearing a white headband; he wears a black and white kimono with brown and red patterned arm guards; green patterned leg guards; and a yellow sash; man holds sword in right hand raised near left shoulder; left fist near mouth; blue background; yellow box in upper left with a black and white insect; several foreign colored rectangles with Japanese text. The man depicted is Yoshida Sayaemon Kanesada. The artist of the portrait is Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

Artwork Details

Date
1852
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
429 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
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