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The Actor Nakamura Sojuro
ca. 1865-80 (late Edo)
mulberry paper, color, ink
(Japan and Korea )
(Japan and Korea )
Nakamura Sojuro (1835-89), dressed as a nobleman, removes his arms from the sleeves of his outer robe to prepare for a sword fight. The play is unidentified.
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Provenance
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Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
Geographies
Japan, Osaka (Place of Origin)
Measurements
9 13/16 x 7 1/16 in. (25 x 18 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1986
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
95.95