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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Tamashichi

Enjaku 猿雀

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a man with short black hair wearing a blue robe, leaning forward slightly. The robe has a gold floral pattern and blue striped accents. He holds a string of white beads in his left hand and a pink lotus flower on a green stem in his right. The background is black with gray Japanese writing. The image has a thick off-white border around it.

Artwork details

Date:
1860
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical chūban
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
416 × 624 px
Museum record:
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