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The Actor Ishimura Kamezo Holding an Umbrella over the Actor Nakamura Kiyozo, as the Courtesan Matsuyama

Ishikawa Toyonobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Japanese-style woodblock print. Two men in traditional Japanese clothing. Man on right holds a parasol over both. Man on right wears orange kimono with green circular pattern, holds sword at side. Man on left wears green and orange kimono with rectangular plaid pattern and orange obi. Man on right's hair is thinning on top, man on left's hair is in topknot. Both wear geta. Background beige. Vertical writing in black ink on right.

Artwork details

Date:
1748–1750
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
454 × 624 px
Museum record:
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