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The Actor Ichikawa Monosuke II in an Unidentified Female Role

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a man dressed as a woman. The woman wears a black kimono with white flowers and pink and grey patterns. A pink sash with green circles wraps around her waist. She has a pink and yellow headpiece on her head. Her left hand is raised near her face. She wears a pair of geta. The background is beige with a red curtain at the top. There are some Japanese characters on the curtain and on the bottom right.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1789
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
290 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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