Woodblock print of a standing actor in a patterned robe, lifting a woven straw hat, holding a fan, with a sword at his waist and water behind him.

Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as a Street Fortune-teller, Color Woodblock Print

A standing male actor in a green kimono and patterned gray-blue outer robe lifts a woven straw hat with one hand and holds a folding fan in the other. A sword is tucked at his waist, with rocks and rippling water behind him. The color woodblock print uses soft greens, ochres, and dark ink outlines.

Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho
Date: c. 1783
Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; center or right sheet of triptych
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 843 × 1803 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1788).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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