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Kabuki actor as samurai

Nishimura SHIGENOBU
Kabuki actor as samurai
 (c. 1739)

Medium
hand coloured woodblock

Measurements
30.6 × 14.5 cm (image) 32.6 × 15.5 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of CRA Limited, Fellow, 1991

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Edo, Japan

Inscription
printed in black (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.l.: Urokogatu-ya Hammoto (publisher's signature) (publisher's seal: Ise-ya Kimbei) (artist's signature)

Accession Number
AS2-1991

Department
Asian Art

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