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The Actor Nakamura Kiyozo

Ippitsusai Bunchō

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print of a man in traditional clothing. The man is on the left, facing right. He wears a traditional Japanese robe with a predominantly black base color and orange and gray accents. He has an obi tied around his waist. His hair is styled in a traditional Japanese manner. He holds a parasol or umbrella over his head with his right hand. The umbrella has a black and orange striped pattern. The background shows a wooden building with a fence in front of it. Snowflakes fall around the man. The sky is dark. There are Japanese characters in the bottom-left corner.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1769
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
295 × 624 px
Museum record:
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