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The Actor Iwai Hanshirō IV as Sakura Hime, the Cherry Princess

Torii Kiyotsune

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman dressed in a kimono with pink, purple and white colors and a floral pattern stands on a wooden floor. The kimono has a circular design on the sleeve. She wears a headpiece with flowers and holds a stem with a flower in her right hand. A cherry blossom tree branch is above her. The background is beige with black Japanese characters on the left and right sides and one character in a box at the bottom left.

Artwork Details

Date
1767
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
295 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
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