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The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III in the Role of Fuwa Banzaemon from the Play "Ukiyozuka hiyoku no inazuma"

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a man dressed in traditional Japanese attire. He faces right; his body is angled away from the viewer. He has short black hair and wears a robe with a white base and a red and black cloud-like pattern. A red lining is visible at the bottom of the robe. He holds a sword in his right hand and a fan in his left. A woven basket sits on the ground to his left. The background is beige with Japanese text on the left side.

Artwork details

Date:
1774
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
426 × 625 px
Museum record:
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