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Utagawa Kunisada

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada. Three shirtless men with dark hair are present, one in the foreground and two behind him. The man in the foreground is large and wearing a purple and white patterned cloth wrapped around his waist with a gold fringe. He has one leg lifted behind him and appears to be moving. The man on the left holds a sword with a black handle and gold guard. A red and white pole stands behind the men. The background is blue with three vertical red rectangles containing black Japanese characters. The bottom left contains a red rectangle with black Japanese characters and additional Japanese characters are to the right.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
446 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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