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Utagawa Hiroshige

Ohan and Obiya Choemon eloping in the drama Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami, from the series "A Collection of Ancient and Modern Dramas (Kokon Joruri zukushi)"

c. 1849/50
Color woodblock print; oban
37 × 24.1 cm (14.6 × 9.5 in)

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