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The Actor Tatsuoka Hisagiku in the Role of Kurenai

Kiyonobu II

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print of a man dressed in a traditional kimono. The man has dark hair pulled back with a white ribbon. He wears a yellow kimono with a floral pattern and pink lining. A black over-kimono covers his arms, with a white circular emblem on the back. He holds a decorated tray in his left hand. The background is beige, with Japanese characters written vertically on the right side and horizontally at the bottom. The man stands on a patterned floor.

Artwork Details

Date
1739
Medium
Woodblock print (hand-colored); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
323 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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