The Actor Matsumoto Yonesaburō in a Woman's Role, Edo period (1615–1868), late 1790s, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (36.8 x 24.8 cm), Prints, Utagawa Kunimasa (Japanese, 1773–1810), Both Kunimasa and his teacher, Utagawa Toyokuni, produced prints of actors in close-up views (o-kubi-e) around 1795–96. Here, in an arresting image of Matsumoto Yonesaburō in a woman's role, Kunimasa captures a feminine quality in the elegant depiction of the actor's fingers touching the delicate layers of kimono neckbands
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Actor Matsumoto Yonesaburō, Woman, Role, Edo period, 1615–1868, late 1790s, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4, 36.8 24.8 cm, Prints, Utagawa Kunimasa, Japanese, 1773–1810, Kunimasa, teacher, Toyokuni, produced prints, actors, close-up views, o-kubi-e, 1795–96, arresting image, Matsumoto, woman, role, Kunimasa captures, feminine quality, elegant depiction, actor, fingers touching, delicate layers, kimono neckbands
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