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Okumura Masanobu

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Osome and Sodesaki Kikutaro as Hisamatsu in the play "Osome Hisamatsu Shinju," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the sixth month, 1731

1731
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
32.3 × 15.2 cm (12.7 × 6 in)

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