Large-head Kabuki Portraits: Nakamura Jakuemon as the Wisteria Maiden (Kabuki okubi-e: Nakuamura Jakuemon- Fuji Musume)

A close-up portrait of a Kabuki actor in the role of the Wisteria Maiden, shown in profile with an elaborate black wig ornamented with hanging purple wisteria blossoms and green leaves, a striped hair tie, and a red-and-gold hair accessory. The face is rendered in white makeup with a red lower eyelid and dark arched brow, one hand raised in a white sleeve near the chin, against a background split between a yellow sunburst pattern and flat gray. The figure wears a magenta kimono patterned with pale green and white floral motifs, with a dark blue-green striped collar visible at the shoulder; vertical columns of Japanese text and a red seal appear at the upper right, woodblock print, artist Paul Binnie.