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The Actor Otani Hiroji III
c. 1765
Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739-1820)
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A color print of a man with a black stick in his mouth attached to a lamp, stepping onto a Go game table, grasping his unraveling kimono, while attempting to capture a giant spider on a spiderweb
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  • Artist Name: Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739-1820)
  • Title: The Actor Otani Hiroji III
  • Date: c. 1765
  • Medium: Color woodblock
  • Dimensions: Chu-tanzaku, 11-3/4 x 5-1/2 in. (29.8 x 14.0 cm)
  • Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Barbara Steele Williams
  • Accession Number: P.1967.29.27
  • Copyright: © Norton Simon Museum

Object Information

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