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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in the Role of a Woman

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman wearing a kimono, with a red top and a green bottom with pink and purple floral patterns and white circular patterns, with a pink and gold striped obi; she wears a headpiece with a hairpin; she holds an umbrella with a gray background and a pattern of lines; a parasol handle is visible behind her; she stands on a brown floor with a beige wall behind her; the image has a beige background; Japanese characters are on the bottom right.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1792
Medium:
Probably the middle sheet of a triptych or the right-hand sheet of a diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
284 × 624 px
Museum record:
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