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Actor Portrait with Poem
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Actor Portrait with Poem

Kitao Shigemasa · 1762 · color woodcut; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The actor Bando Hikosaburo II in the role of Kudo Kanaishimarii with two swords and an umbrella, from the play Nagi no ha izu no sugatami, performed in the Nakamura-za in the eleventh month of 1762.

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Credit lineActeursportret met gedicht. 1762. Kitao Shigemasa. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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