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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo II as Konoshita Hyokichi (?) (right), and Sakata Hangoro II as Matsunaga Daizen Hisahide (?) (left), in the Play Gion Sairei Shinko Ki (?), Perfomred at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Fifth Month, 1775 (?)

c. 1775
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.3 × 15.3 cm (12.7 × 6 in)

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