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Torii Kiyomasu II

The Actors Yamashita Kinsaku I and Hayakawa Hatsuse as puppeteers in the play "Diary Kept on a Journey by Sea to Izu" ("Funadama Izu Nikki"), performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1725

1725
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
34.1 × 15.5 cm (13.4 × 6.1 in)

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