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Actor Iwai Tojaku in a Courtesan Role by Utagawa Kunisada — VisualArtsDB

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Actor Iwai Tojaku in a Courtesan Role

Actor Iwai Tojaku in a Courtesan Role

Actor Iwai Tojaku in a Courtesan Role

Utagawa Kunisada

1830

Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 13 15/16 × 9 13/16 in. (35.4 × 24.92 cm) (image, vertical ōban)
Genre: Print
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Presumably right or center sheet of a triptych.

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