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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Shinoda Jirodayu in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1772

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; hosoban
33 × 15.3 cm (13 × 6 in)

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