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Memorial portrait of the actor Matsumoto Yonesaburo I by Utagawa Toyokuni I — VisualArtsDB

Memorial portrait of the actor Matsumoto Yonesaburo I

Memorial portrait of the actor Matsumoto Yonesaburo I

Utagawa Toyokuni I

1805

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions: 38.5 × 26.1 cm (15 1/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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