The image shows two pages from the Album of Forty Actor Prints by Utagawa Hirosada. The left page depicts a woman with black hair styled up, adorned with a blue floral headpiece and a red kimono featuring a white, blue and yellow floral pattern. The right page shows a man with black hair styled up, wearing a dark blue kimono with white and light blue accents. He holds a sword with a blue handle and gold pommel. Both figures have Japanese characters written above and to the side of them. The background of each page transitions from blue at the top to white at the bottom. The pages have a beige border and are set against a gray background.
Artwork Details
- Date
- ca. 1852
- Medium
- Woodblock prints in single, diptych, triptych, tetraptych, and hexaptych form
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 599 × 417 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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