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Nakamura Utaemon IV as Danshichi Kurobei

Utagawa Kunimasu 歌川国升

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a man with a serious expression. The man has a shaved area on top of his head with a black ponytail. He wears a blue, white, and black kimono with a design on the sleeves. A sword handle is visible at the bottom left. The background is a gray-blue color with a red rectangle in the top right corner containing Japanese characters. The artwork has a beige border.

Artwork details

Date:
1850
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical chūban
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
498 × 624 px
Museum record:
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