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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Hairdreser Komagata Ikkaku in the Play Fuji no Yuki Kaikei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1770

c. 1770
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.5 × 15 cm (12.8 × 5.9 in)

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