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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Soga no Goro Tokimune Disguised as Agemaki no Sukeroku in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1782

c. 1782
Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a pentaptych (?)
32.2 × 14.8 cm (12.7 × 5.8 in)

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