Kunisada, kakemono-e, a portrait of an actor dressed as a bijin, wearing high wood shoes and holding his skirts in one hand, his obi decorated with bats, his coat with swimming carp, wiping a tear from his face with a handkerchief, framed and glazed; and another kakemono-e by the same artist of a standing female actor, his blue gown decorated with surimono, a dragon and a sword behind his head, framed and glazed. See Illustration. (2)

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Kunisada, kakemono-e, a portrait of an actor dressed as a bijin, wearing high wood shoes and holding his skirts in one hand, his obi decorated with bats, his coat with swimming carp, wiping a tear from his face with a handkerchief, framed and glazed; and another kakemono-e by the same artist of a standing female actor, his blue gown decorated with surimono, a dragon and a sword behind his head, framed and glazed. See Illustration. (2)

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