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Japanese woodcut of a kabuki actor with a stern expression, wearing a dark robe with green dragon designs and a white ruffled collar against a dark blue background.

Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.

A Japanese colour woodcut shows a kabuki actor with a stern, sideways glance, wearing a dark patterned robe with green dragon motifs and a white ruffled collar. Dark blue background, with red and white cartouches bearing names at the upper edge and a red seal at right.

Artist
Utagawa Kuniaki II
Date
Month 2, 1862
Medium
Woodcuts Mokuhanga
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2699 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1862.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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