The Actor Onoye Matsusuke with Sword Held Above His Head with Both Hands

ca. 1778

Current Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Medium: Diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-408291

Provenance

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918

Registry history

ca. 1778 — Recorded in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art — prints

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