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The Actor Nakamura Kichibei

The Actor Nakamura Kichibei

Okumura Masanobu

1868–1912

Medium: Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 14 11/16 in. (26 x 37.3 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Okumura Masanobu, 1744

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Okumura Masanobu, 1700

Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata), First Month

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Bedroom Scene

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Okumura Masanobu, 1729

A Samurai who Hides His Features with His Hat

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Large Perspective Picture of the Kaomise Performance on the Kabuki Stage (Shibai kyogen butai kaomise o uki-e)

Large Perspective Picture of the Kaomise Performance on the Kabuki Stage (Shibai kyogen butai kaomise o uki-e)

Okumura Masanobu, 1735

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