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Utagawa Toyokuni I

The actors Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Iyo no Taro and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kojoro-gitsune of Okazaki in the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1796

1796
Color woodblock print; oban
37.4 × 25.2 cm (14.7 × 9.9 in)

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