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Torii Kiyonobu II

The Actors Ichikawa Masugoro as Kusunoki Masatsura and Hayakawa Denshiro as Shinzaemon in the play "Hachijin Taiheiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1727

1727
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
30.2 × 15 cm (11.9 × 5.9 in)

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