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Young Man Moving Toward the Right on High Geta and Opening His Umbrella

Ishikawa Toyonobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man wearing a traditional Japanese kimono with a yellow and orange floral pattern and a black and yellow pleated hakama, holding a sword at his side and an umbrella in his right hand, with black hair styled in a traditional topknot and a white face, is depicted walking to the right; his left leg and foot are visible with a large wooden geta on the foot; his kimono wraps around to his right side; the background is beige with Japanese text on the right side.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1745
Medium:
Woodblock print (hand colored); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
156 × 623 px
Museum record:
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