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Bandō Mitsugorō III as Daihanji Kiyozumi and Arashi Koroku IV as Koganosuke

Shunkōsai Hokushū 春好斎北洲

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print of two people. The person in the lower-left corner has fair skin, black hair tied back and pulled to the right, pink lips, and wears a pink and purple kimono with white trim. They hold a sword with a yellow guard and black scabbard. The person on the right has fair skin, an intense expression, slicked back hair, and wears a green, brown, and yellow kimono with a white under kimono. The background has cherry blossoms at the top and Japanese text running vertically on the left side.

Artwork Details

Date
1821
Medium
Right sheet of a diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
424 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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