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Portraits of Twenty-eight Metal Artists

Kitao Shigemasa

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A large piece of aged paper with a light tan background. Twenty-eight men sitting on the floor in traditional Japanese clothing arranged in seven rows. Some men wear kimonos with simple patterns and others wear more intricate ones. The men are drawn in a simplistic yet detailed style with minimal shading. The men are drawn from the waist up. Black Japanese text surrounds the men. A red square stamp in the bottom-left corner.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
448 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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