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Katsukawa Shun'ei

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Lady Tomoe (Tomoe Gozen) in the Play Yasa Gumbai Miyako no Jindori, Performed at the Miyako Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1793

c. 1793
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.4 × 14.5 cm (12.8 × 5.7 in)

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