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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Abe no Sadato in the Play Oshu Adachi ga Hara, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1777

c. 1777
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.7 × 14.5 cm (12.9 × 5.7 in)

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