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Katsukawa Shunkо̄

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Sakura-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1776

c. 1776
Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition
31.1 × 15.5 cm (12.2 × 6.1 in)

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