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The Actor Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho (?), c. 1718. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e.
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e · 29.9 × 13.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Actor Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho (?)
- Artist
- Torii Kiyonobu I Japanese, 1664–1729
- Date
- c. 1718
- Medium
- Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
- Dimensions
- 29.9 × 13.4 cm (11 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.