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An Actor's Image in a Sake Cup

Utagawa Toyoshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman in a sitting position, wearing a black kimono with white flowers on the sleeves and red and white lining; a colorful obi; and a flower-adorned hairpiece on the left side of her head. She holds a sake cup in her right hand. A red oval frame behind her on the right contains another woman's face. A branch with pink flowers appears on either side of the frame. The background is beige with Japanese text arranged vertically on the left and horizontally at the top.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
436 × 624 px
Museum record:
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