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Utagawa Kunisada

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Print by Utagawa Kunisada. A man wearing a blue robe with white leaf-like patterns and a red and white undergarment is shown barefoot with his right foot forward and his left behind. He wears a blue and white hairstyle. His right hand is raised to his face. Small images of people are arranged around him. The background fades from beige at the top to green at the bottom. There are several vertical columns of Japanese text throughout, and a long red rectangle with Japanese text in the top right corner. Small rectangles with Japanese characters are in the bottom right corner.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
454 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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