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Actor barefoot and with a sword
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Actor barefoot and with a sword

Utagawa Kunisada (I) · 1847 · color woodcut; paper

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

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Night scene of a man with bare feet, wild hair, and a sword held upright in his right hand. This is a scene from the kabuki play 'Motomishi hana otogi Heike' where actor Ichikawa Danjurô VIII is depicted in the role of Akugenta Yoshihira. Right panel of a four-panel screen.

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Credit lineActeur op blote voeten en met zwaard. 1847. Utagawa Kunisada (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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