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The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Tsukisayo in the Play Gohiiki Nenne Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1779

Katsukawa Shunsho

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1779
Medium
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych
Culture
Japan
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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