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Actor as Woman with Hobby–horse in Unidentified Role

Torii Kiyonobu I

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man dressed as a woman, wearing a black, red, and yellow kimono with a floral pattern, holds a hobbyhorse. The kimono has a red and yellow lining and a black outer layer with red trim. A yellow undergarment with black spots is visible. The woman's hair is pulled back. She holds the hobbyhorse, which has a long neck and a curved tail, in her left arm and a pipe in her right hand. Her face is turned to the left. The background is beige with darker spots and a border around the edges. There is a line of foreign text at the bottom.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
316 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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