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Katsukawa Shunkо̄

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Oshichi in the Play Junshoku Edo Murasaki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1779

c. 1779
Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (?)
32.6 × 14.9 cm (12.8 × 5.9 in)

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