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Utagawa Kunisada I

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sukeroku (R) and Onoe Kikugoro III as the white sake peddler Shinbei (L) in the play "Yukari no Edo-zakura"

c. 1823
Color woodblock print; two sheets of a shikishiban triptych, surimono
21 × 18.5 cm (8.3 × 7.3 in)

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