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The Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Wrestler Iwakawa Jirokichi

Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese man wearing a kimono, with a sword at his side, standing on one leg with the other bent behind him. He has dark hair and a white face. His kimono is gray with red, blue and black designs. He wears a red sash with white dots around his waist. He holds a fan in one hand. There are Japanese characters written vertically on both sides of the image. There are two red seals, one in the bottom-left corner and one in the bottom-right corner. The background is beige.

Artwork Details

Date
1837
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; vertical ōban
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
419 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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